Laminicoccus pandani (Cockerell)

Williams, D. J. & Martin, J. H., 2005, (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae), Zootaxa 804, pp. 1-12 : 4-5

Laminicoccus pandani (Cockerell)

Dactylopius pandani Cockerell, 1895:16 . Lectotype adult Ψ, Marquesas Islands, Washington Islands [Ua Huka] (USNM). Designated by Williams & Watson, 1988: 91.

Pseudococcus pandani (Cockerell) , Fernald, 1903: 107.

Tylococcus giffardi Ehrhorn, 1916: 243 . Syntypes, Hawaii, Honolulu (BPNM) (apparently lost according to Beardsley, 1966). Synonymised by Beardsley, 1966: 416.

Pseudococcus carolinensis Takahashi, 1939: 245 . Syntypes, Caroline Islands [ Federated States of Micronesia], Ponape [Pohnpei] (TARI). Synonymised by Beardsley, 1966: 416.

Pseudococcus giffardi (Ehrhorn) , Zimmerman, 1948: 219. Laminicoccus giffardi (Ehrhorn) , Williams, 1960: 402.

Laminicoccus pandani (Cockerell) , Beardsley, 1966: 416; Williams, 1985b: 53; Williams & Watson, 1988: 91.

Comments

Laminicoccus pandani , the most widespread and common species of Laminicoccus , is distributed at present throughout Micronesia and Polynesia. The most important characters of this mealybug are the absence of a circulus and the presence of large numbers of multilocular disc pores on the venter, situated across the medial areas of most abdominal segments. Oral­rim tubular ducts, each with the duct about as wide as long, are distributed around the dorsal and ventral margins and submedially on the dorsum of the thorax.

Distribution

COOK ISLANDS, Rarotonga, on Freycinetia sp. F. wilderi , Pandanus sp., P. odoratissimus . FIJI, Viti Levu, on Pandanus sp., P. odoratissimus . FRENCH POLYNE­ SIA, Marquesas Islands, Ua Huka; Tahiti, on Pandanus sp.; Wallis Islands, on Pandanus sp. HAWAII, Oahu, on Freycinetia sp., P. odoratissimus . KIRIBATI, Abemama, Butaritari, Line Islands, Tarawa, on Musa sp ( Musaceae ), Pandanus sp., P. odoratissimus . MAR­ SHALL ISLANDS, Ujelang, Tarawa, Kwajalein, Likiep, on Pandanus sp., P. t e c t o r i u s. MICRONESIA [ Federated States of Micronesia], Eaurifik, Chuuk [ Truk], Pohnpei [ Ponape] and many other islands on Pandanus sp. and P. t e c t o r i u s. NAURU, on P. f r a g r a n s. NIUE, on Pandanus sp., P. vietchi , Pemphis acidula (Lythraceae) . SOLOMON ISLANDS, Shortland Islands, on Pandanus sp. TONGA, Ha’apai group, Tongatapu group, Vava’u group, on Pandanus sp., P. odoratissimus . TUVALU, Funafuti, on Pandanus sp., P. odoratissimus , Saccharum officinarum (Poaceae) . WESTERN SAMOA, Sava’i, Upolu, on Pandanus sp., P. upoluensis .