Valid Names Results

Parlatoria bambusae Tang, 1984 (Diaspididae: Parlatoria)

Nomenclatural History

Parlatoria bambusae Tang 1984: 78-79. Type data: CHINA: Anhui Province, Maanshan, on Bambusa sp., by X.J. Wu. Holotype, female, Type depository: Shanxi: Entomological Institute, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, China; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Poaceae

Bambusa | Tang1984

Smilacaceae

Smilax | Tang1984

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

China | FangWuXu2001

Anhui (=Anhwei) | Tang1984

Keys

Remarks

Systematics: Parlatoria bambusae resembles P. arengae, but differs in the peculiar plates with a fleshy and long truncated process and by the pygidial lobes which are dilated and truncate apex (Tang, 1984).
Structure: Adult female body pyriform, 0.60-0.78 mm long, 0.50-0.55 mm wide. Derm membranous except for pygidium (Tang, 1984).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Tang (1984).

Illustrations

Citations

DanzigPe1998: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 325
FangWuXu2001: distribution, host, 108
Hua2000: distribution, host, 156
Tang1984: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 78-79, 111-112
Tao1999: distribution, host, 104