Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi Gimpel & Miller*

Zarkani, Agustin, Fauzi, Ariffatchur, Apriyanto, Dwinardi & Bora Kaydan, Mehmet, 2023, Mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Pseudococcidae) on parasitic plants (Loranthaceae) in Indonesia with description of a new species and a new country record, ZooKeys 1167, pp. 199-210 : 199

Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi Gimpel & Miller*

Material examined.

Indonesia, Sumatra, Bengkulu Province, Seluma City, Air Periukan , on Loranthus sp. ( Loranthaceae ). living on Theobroma cacao trees ( Theobroma cacao L.), 30 m a.s.l., 04°01'37″S, 102°24'50″E, 08.vii.2022, coll. A. Zarkani (AZ1112-1114), 6 ♀♀ .

Comments.

The species is polyphagous on ornamental plants and fruit trees; it has been recorded from 54 plant families and 114 genera ( García-Morales et al. 2016). It is cosmopolitan, having been reported from 54 countries ( García-Morales et al. 2016). This is the first record for Sumatra, however, in Indonesia it has been recorded previously from Irian Jaya ( Gavrilov-Zimin 2013), Flores ( Gavrilov-Zimin 2017) and Java ( Williams 2004).