Chaetococcus bambusae (Maskell)

(Figs 1, 9–11)

Sphaerococcus bambusae Maskell, 1893: 237

Chaetococcus bambusae (Maskell); Maskell, 1898: 249; Wang, 1981: 285; 1982: 131; 2001: 38; Tang, 1992: 28; Hendricks & Kosztarab, 1999: 30; Wu, 2001: 45

Antonina bambusae (Maskell); Ferris, 1921: 211; Takahashi, 1928: 339; Tao, 1978: 110

Distribution in China. Beijing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hebei, Hong Kong, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang.

Host plants. Arundinaria sp., Bambusa blumeana, Dendrocalamus brandisii, D. minor, Indosasa levigata .

Material examined: 3ƤƤ, BEIJING: Haidian district, on bamboo, under glass, 15 Aug. 2005, Coll. San-an Wu; 13ƤƤ, BEIJING: Haidian district, on bamboo, under glass, 10 July 2005, Coll. San-an Wu; 7ƤƤ, GUANG- DONG: Guangzhou city, on Dendrocalamus minor, 19 Oct. 2011, Coll. San-an Wu; 5ƤƤ, HAINAN: Wuzhishan city, on Indosasa levigata, 12-13 Aug. 1995, Coll. Shi-jun Wu.

Biology. Living in groups on stem of the host beneath leaf sheath.

Remarks. The record of C. bambusae by Tang (1992) on Phragmites sp. from Qian Qi of Nei Mongol (=Inner Mongolia) in China was a misidentification of Chaetococcus turanicus Borchsenius.