Valid Names Results

Antonina milleri Williams, 2004 (Pseudococcidae: Antonina)

Antonina zonata; Morrison 1920: 177. misidentification (discovered by Willia2004a, 66).
Antonina zonata; Tang 1992. misidentification (discovered by WuLuNa2012, 40).
Antonina milleri Williams 2004a: 66. Type data: CHINA: Canton [=Guangzhou], Lingnan University, on small bamboo; collected G.F. Ferris, 7.xi.1948.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 7

Countries: 5

ZarkanFaPr2023: pp.11-12 ( Adult (F) ) [Preudococcidae on bamboo in Indonesia]
WanWu2016: pp.12 ( First instar ) [Known species of Antonina]
DanzigGa2015: pp.511 ( Adult (F) ) [Antonina species]
WuLuNa2012: pp.36 ( First instar ) [Key to species of genus Antonina based on the morphology of first-instar nymphs]
WuLuNa2012: pp.28 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Antonina Signoret currently known from China based the morphology of the adult females]
Willia2004a: pp.52-53 ( Adult (F) ) [Antonina species southern Asia]

Systematics: Williams (2004b: 66) concluded that the records of Antonina zonata Green, by Morrison (1920: 177), Takahshi (1951a: 21), Yang & Kosztarab (1967: 59) [in part] and by Hendrick & Kosztarab (1999: 130) [in part], were misidentifications of Antonina milleri Williams, 2004a.
Structure: Williams (2004a) distinguished four forms in the first-instar nymph of this species.
Biology: Living mainly at the axils of branches, on stem nodes, and on aerial roots of various bamboos. In many cases, it also lives in ant nests in bamboo stems and branches. (Wu, et al., 2012)
Economic Importance: This species is an important pest of bamboo in China, and can cause heavy damage to its hosts, even death. (Wu, et al., 2012)
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female, first- and second-instar by Williams (2004a).