Review of the family Coccidae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) in Laos
Author
Choi, Jinyeong
Author
Soysouvanh, Pheophanh
Author
Lee, Seunghwan
Author
Hong, Ki-Jeong
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-08-17
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Drepanococcus chiton
(
Green, 1909
)
(
Figs 4
,
5
)
Ceroplastodes chiton
Green, 1909
: 287
.
Diagnosis.
Dorsum with preopercular pores present in front of anal plates, plus a few pores present on thorax (
Fig. 5C
). Venter with multilocular disc-pores frequently present on abdomen, not extending to metathorax (
Fig. 5E
); antenna 8 segmented, with 4th and 5th segments longer than wide (
Fig. 4C
).
Material examined.
2 ♀♀, LAOS, Paksong Dist., Champasak Prov.,
9.ii.2016
, coll. P.P. Soysouvanh, on
Annona muricata
L. (
Annonaceae
).
Hosts.
Polyphagous. According to
García Morales
et al
. (2016)
,
D. chiton
has been recorded from plants belonging to 20 genera in 14 families. In
Laos
, it has been recorded on
Ficus
sp. (
Moraceae
) (
Suh &
Bombay
2015
).
Distribution.
Mainly known from
Oriental
Region
(
India
,
Indonesia
,
Laos
,
Malaysia
,
Sri
Lanka
,
Taiwan
,
Thailand
and
Vietnam
) (
Ali 1971
;
Danzig & Konstantinova 1990
;
Suh &
Bombay
2015
).
Economic importance.
Ibrahim (1994)
noted that
D. chiton
is a potential pest of
carambola
(
Averrhoa carambola
), which is a commercial fruit mainly in South-East Asia, causing drying of shoots and flower stalks.
Remarks.
Drepanococcus chiton
is very similar to
D. cajani
(Maskell)
. For a comparison, see the remarks section for
D. cajani
above.