Pseudococcus calceolariae ( Maskell, 1879 )

Caballero, Alejandro, Ramos-Portilla, Andrea Amalia & Kondo, Takumasa, 2017, Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) on sugarcane in Colombia, with description of a new species of Tillancoccus Ben-Dov (Coccidae), Zootaxa 4258 (5), pp. 490-500 : 498

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.5.6

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EA2A1731-E70D-4EC5-81D0-32F793CB3BF0

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6017821

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D031854D-FFB4-FF96-FF66-4F9B5E73E7D6

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Pseudococcus calceolariae ( Maskell, 1879 )
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Pseudococcus calceolariae ( Maskell, 1879) View in CoL

This species was recorded in Colombia by Kondo et al. (2008) based on previous information, occurring on a native fig tree known as “caucho sabanero”, Ficus americanus (Moraceae) , in the city of Bogotá . Although Ps. calceolariae is a polyphagous species ( Ben-Dov 1994, McKenzie 1967, Kondo et al. 2008), there are no reports of it feeding on other hosts in Colombia ( Kondo et al. 2008).

Although Figueroa (1977) recorded Ps. calceolariae on the roots of sugarcane in the department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia, there are no voucher specimens in any of the entomological depositories listed above. Therefore, we suggest that the record of Ps. calceolariae on sugarcane from Colombia should be treated as doubtful.

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