Formicococcus bambusiphilus ( Takahashi 1958 ) Tanaka, 2022

Tanaka, Hirotaka, 2022, A taxonomic study of three mealybug species (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) infesting dwarf bamboo in Japan, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 5178 (4), pp. 334-346 : 336

Formicococcus bambusiphilus ( Takahashi 1958) stat. rev. and comb. nov.

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[Japanese common name: Take-kona-kaigaramushi]

Ferrisicoccus bambusiphilus Takahashi 1958: 7 ; Kawai 1972: 7; Kawai 1980: 114.

Ferrisicoccus angustus Ezzat & McConnell 1956 ; Ben-Dov 1999: 380 (misidentification).

Dysmicoccus angustus ( Ezzat & McConnell 1956) ; Danzig 1978: 8 (misidentification).

Paraputo angustus ( Ezzat & McConnell 1956) ; Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin 2015: 29 (misidentification).

Material examined. Lectotype (here designated): Ferrisicoccus / bambusiphilus / Takah. Type / 19.VIII.1952 / Tokyo, Japan / R. Takahashi. Host: Bamboo. 1 adult female on a slide together with 9 paralectotypes; the lectotype is the last individual on the right in the upper part of the slide ( SEHU) ; Paralectotype: same data as lectotype; examined paralectotype is the specimen on the left below the lectotype ( SEHU) . Other material studied: JAPAN: Kanagawa prefecture, Atsugi-shi, Nanasawa , on Pleioblastus chino , 25.vii.1975, coll. S. Kawai, 2 adult females mounted singly ( KTUA) ; Tokyo, Chiyoda-ku, Imperial palace, on Pleioblastus chino , 24.vi.1998, coll. S. Kawai, 4 adult females mounted singly ( KTUA) .

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FIGURE 1. Formicococcus bambusiphilus (Takahashi 1958) stat. rev. and comb. nov., adult female collected in Tokyo, Japan in 1998.ALC, anal lobe cerarius; ANT, antenna; DP, discoidal pore; LG, hind tibia, tarsus and claw; MP, multilocular disc pores; OCD I, large type oral collar duct; OCD II, small type oral collar duct; PLC, penultimate cerarius; TP, trilocular pore. Scale bars: 200 µm for ANT and LG; 50 µm for ALC and PLC; 10 µm for others.