Valid Names Results

Formicococcus bambusicola (Takahashi, 1930) (Pseudococcidae: Formicococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Pseudococcus bambusicola Takahashi 1930: 1. Type data: TAIWAN: Suisha, on Bambusa sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; accepted valid name
• Planococcoides bambusicola (Takahashi, 1930); Tang 1992: 359. change of combination
• Pseudococcus bambusicola Takahashi, 1930; Ben-Dov 1994: 380. revived combination (previously published)
• Formicococcus bambusicola (Takahashi, 1930); Li, Tsai & Wu 2014. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• ZhangWu2022: pp.165-166 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic and Oriental Formicococcus species]
• TanakaSuKa2021: pp.173-175 ( Adult (F) ) [Oriental Formicococcus]
• TanakaSuKa2021a: pp.202-204 ( Adult (F) ) [Formicococcus species in the Oriental region]
• LiTsWu2014: pp.371 ( Adult (F) ) [Mealybugs with legs on bamboo in China]

Remarks

• Systematics: Takahashi (1930) placed this species from Taiwan in Pseudococcus. Tang (1992) then transferred this species to Planococcoides but Ben-Dov (1994) revived its original status in Pseudococcus. Fang et al. (2001) later transferred it to Planococcus. According to Takahashi’s and our Li, et al., 2014, this species possesses 18 pairs of cerarii, an anal lobe bar, and each cerarius on abdominal segments has more than two setae. Based on these characters, this species should not be placed in Pseudococcus. The treatment of Tang (1992) could be right but Planococcoides was synonymized with Formicococcus by Williams (2004). Therefore, Li, Tsai & Wu transfered Pseudococcus bambusicola to Formicococcus as Formicococcus bambusicola (Takahashi).
• Structure: Body of adult female elongate oval, 2.7–3.7 mm long and 1.3–1.9 mm wide. Anal lobes moderately developed, each ventral surface with an apical seta about 278–356 (320) μm long. Anal lobe bar present. Antennae each about 660–650 μm long, with 8 segments. (Li, Tsai & Wu, 2014)
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Takahashi (1930). Good description of the adult female given by Tang (1992).

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