Valid Names Results

Colobopyga pritchardiae (Stickney, 1934) (Halimococcidae: Colobopyga)

Nomenclatural History

• Palmaricoccus pritchardiae Stickney 1934: 67. Type data: UNITED STATES: Hawaii, Oahu and Molokai Islands, on Pritchardia hardyi and P. rockiana, by J.F. Rock & O.H. Swezey. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Although the USNM has one slide marked "holotype" and 5 slides marked "paratype," there is no mention of a holotype in Stickney's original description so these specimens must be considered syntypes. Illustr.
• Colobopyga pritchardiae (Stickney, 1934); Beardsley 1963: 60. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Deitz1979: pp.453 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Colobopyga species]
• Beards1963: pp.60 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to known Hawaiian species of Colobopyga]
• Zimmer1948: pp.430 ( Adult (F) ) [Palmaricoccus species found in Hawaii] Key as: Palmaricoccus pritchardiae
• Stickn1934: pp.51-52 ( ) [Key to species of Palmaricoccus] Key as: Palmaricoccus pritchardiae

Remarks

• Biology: Beardsley (1963) reports that this species was originally described from two lots, one from Oahu and one from Molokai on Pritchardia hardyi, but P. hardyi was described from Kauai and none of the endemic Hawaiian Pritchardia palms occur on more than one island. This means that either the host plant or the locality of the original description is erroneous. Crawlers move towards areas under the bracts before settling. Adult scales are found a few centimeters distance from the base of bracts where the sheath was less tightly enclosing the stem or even partly opened. The location of adults some distance from the base of the bract is possibly due to the elongation of the stem internodes during the growth of the fruiting structure since scales are sessile after the crawler stage settles. (Neuman, et al., 2007)
• General Remarks: Detailed descriptions and illustrations of first instar, second and third instar and adult female as well as male second instar by Stickney (1934).

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