Checklist of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha) of New Caledonia
Author
Mille, Christian
Institut agronomique néo-calédonien, IAC, Axe 1, Station de Recherches fruitières de Pocquereux, Laboratoire d’Entomologie appliquée, BP 32, 98880 La Foa (New Caledonia) mille @ iac. nc
mille@iac.nc
Author
Henderson, Rosa C.
Landcare Research, Private Bag 92170 Auckland Mail Centre, Auckland 1142 (New Zealand)
Author
Cazères, Sylvie
Institut agronomique néo-calédonien, IAC, Axe 1, Station de Recherches fruitières de Pocquereux, Laboratoire d’Entomologie appliquée, BP 32, 98880 La Foa (New Caledonia) scazeres @ iac. nc
scazeres@iac.nc
Author
Jourdan, Hervé
Institut méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d’Écologie marine et continentale (IMBE), Aix-Marseille Université, UMR CNRS IRD Université d’Avignon, UMR 237 IRD, Centre IRD Nouméa, BP A 5, 98848 Nouméa cedex (New Caledonia) herve. jourdan @ ird. fr Published on 24 June 2016
jourdan@ird.fr
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Zoosystema
2016
2016-06-30
38
2
129
176
http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/z2016n2a1
journal article
10.5252/z2016n2a1
1638-9387
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urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:90DC5B79-725D-46E2-B31E-4DBC65BCD01F
Parasaissetia nigra
(
Nietner, 1861
)
Lecanium nigrum
Nietner, 1861: 9
.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Bourail County (Gouaro),
9.IX.2001
, on twigs of
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
, S. Cazères
coll.,
Rosa C. Henderson
det. (
NZAC
,
CXMNC
); Sarraméa County,
20.X.2002
, on
Ananas comosus
, C. Mille
coll.,
Rosa C. Henderson
det. (
NZAC
); La Foa County (
IAC
,
SRFP
),
20.XI.2002
, on
Psidium guajava
, J. Brinon
coll.,
Rosa C. Henderson
det. (
NZAC
,
CXMNC
); the species was also intercepted from Tahiti,
3.XII.2012
, on twigs of
H. rosa-sinensis
, E. Béné
coll.,
Rosa C. Henderson
det. (
NZAC
,
CXMNC
).
PUBLISHED
RECORDS
IN
NEW CALEDONIA
. —
Cohic (1956
,
1958a
).
DISTRIBUTION IN
NEW CALEDONIA
. — Grande Terre (Bourail and Sarraméa counties).
HOST- PLANTS IN
NEW CALEDONIA
. —
Coffea arabica
,
C. canephora
,
Ficus
spp. (
Cohic 1956
,
1958a
),
Annona muricata
,
Helianthus annuus
,
Nerium oleander
,
Solanum melongena
,
Dioscorea
spp.,
Gossypium
spp.,
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
(
Brun & Chazeau 1980
)
, also found on
Ananas comosus
,
Citrus
spp.,
Persea americana
,
Psidium guajava
(
Mille 2011
)
.
OTHER RECORDS. — Almost cosmopolitan.
BIOLOGICAL AGENTS.—
Encyrtus infelix
(
Hymenoptera
:
Encyrtidae
),
Scutellista caerulea
(
Hymenoptera
:
Pteromalidae
) and
Lecanicillium lecanii
(Zimm.) Zare & W.Gams (2001)
(Fungi,
Hypocreales
,
Cordycipitaceae
).
NOTE. —
Not
rated as an economic species.