Valid Names Results

Idiococcus bambusae Takahashi & Kanda, 1939 (Pseudococcidae: Idiococcus)

Idiococcus bambusae Takahashi & Kanda 1939: 52. Type data: JAPAN: Yokohama, on bamboo. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (HendriKo1999,52). Type depository: Sapporo: Entomological Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan; accepted valid name

Families: 1 | Genera: 5

Arundinaria simonii | HendriKo1999 | (= Bambusa metake)
Bambusa | BenDov1994 TakahaKa1939
Indocalamus latifolius | WuLu2012 | (= Indocalamus migoi)
Pleioblastus amarus | WuLu2012
Pleioblastus fortunei | HendriKo1999 TachikGo1987 | (= Arundinaria pygmaea)(= Pleioblastus variegatus)
Sasa | HendriKo1999
Sasa palmata | HendriKo1999

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 3

WuLu2012: pp.31 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species in the tribe Serrolecaniini Shinji]
Wu2001: pp.48 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
Tang1992: pp.36 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic & Oriental regions]

Systematics: Hendricks and Kosztarab (1999) synonymized Idiococcus maanshanensis with Idiococcus bambusae, but Wu & Lu (2012) suggested that they should be separate species.
Structure: Colour photograph given by Kawai (1980). Adult feale body strongly elongate, vermiform, up to 10 mm long. Antennae very short, 1-2-segmented. Spiracles located in cap-shaped, strongly sclerotized caves. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015)
Biology: Living in groups on stem of the host beneath leaf sheath.
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Hendricks & Kosztarab (1999). Good description of the adult female given by Kawai (1980) and by Tang (1992).