Rastrococcus chinensis Ferris, 1954

Zarkani, Agustin, Ercan, Cansu, Apriyanto, Dwinardi & Kaydan, Mehmet Bora, 2023, Studies on mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Indonesia, with description of a new species and three new country records, Zootaxa 5228 (2), pp. 157-172 : 169

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5228.2.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0B15B8F9-142C-4785-8CD8-D24409FA733E
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7532333
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EB87E0-1363-7A3F-B592-452DB684FF40
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Rastrococcus chinensis Ferris
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Rastrococcus chinensis Ferris View in CoL

Material examined. INDONESIA, Sumatra I., Bengkulu Province, Bengkulu city, Singaran Pati, on Nephelium lappaceum L. ( Sapindaceae ), 20 m a.s.l., 03°48′57.9″ S, 102°18′38.9″ E, 12.vi.2018, coll. A. Zarkani (AZ168‒170), 12 ♀♀.

Comments. The species was recorded previously on Alocasia sp. (Araceae) , Ardisia lindleyana D. Dietr. (Primulaceae) , Melastoma malabathricum L. ( Melastomataceae ), Morinda umbellata L., Psychotria asiatica L. ( Rubiaceae ), Eugenia sp. , Syzygium sp. , S. anomalum Lauterb. and S. hancei Merr. & Perry (Myrtaceae) . It has been reported previously from Brunei, China and Malaysia ( García Morales et al. 2016). In Indonesia, it has been recorded previously from Java ( Williams 1989, 2004; Ben-Dov 1994).