Serrolecanium kawaii Hendricks & Kosztarab

Wu, San-An & Lu, Yuan, 2012, Notes on the genera and species in the mealybug tribe Serrolecaniini Shinji (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) from China with description of a new species, Zootaxa 3251, pp. 30-46 : 40-41

Serrolecanium kawaii Hendricks & Kosztarab

( Figs 7 , 25–28)

Serrolecanium kawaii Hendricks & Kosztarab, 1999: 73 .

Distribution in China. Anhui.

Host plants. Indocalamus sp. .

Biology. Living singly on stems beneath leaf sheath.

Material examined: 2ƤƤ, ANHUI: Mt. Jiuhuashan, on Indocalamus sp., 30 May 2010, Coll. San-an Wu. Remarks. We identified this material as S. kawaii based on the description of Hendricks and Kosztarab (1999), i.e., (i) posterior six abdominal segments expanded laterally, and (ii) the antennae plate-like. This is the first record of this species in China.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Serrolecanium kawaii Hendricks & Kosztarab, adult female. Where: A antennae; B anterior spiracle; C trilocular pore; D discoidal pore; E duct-like pores; F short flagellate seta; G conical seta.