Valid Names Results
Pulvinaria elongata Newstead, 1917 (Coccidae: Pulvinaria)Nomenclatural History
- Pulvinaria elongata Newstead 1917a: 20. Type data: GUYANA: Demarara, Plantation La Bonne Intention, on sugar-cane.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Willia1982a,113). Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
- Coccus (Lecanium) elongatus; Gomez-Menor Ortega 1958: 22. misidentification (discovered by GomezM1960O, 196).
- Coccus elongatus; Gomez-Menor Ortega 1958b: 70. misidentification (discovered by GomezM1960O, 196).
- Pulvinaria longisqua De Lotto 1966a: 467. Type data: KENYA: Nairobi, on Saccharum officinarum.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; junior synonym (discovered by Willia1982b, 113).
- Pulvinaria elongata Newstead, 1917; Ben-Dov 1993: 257. revived combination (previously published)
Common Names
- cottony grass scale HamonWi1984
- red-striped sugar-cane scale Newste1917a
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 3 | Genera: 8
- Moraceae
- Ficus | Mamet1959a
- Poaceae
- Andropogon | EtiennMa1993
- Andropogon gayanus | QinGu1992 Willia1982a
- Oryza sativa | EtiennMa1993 Willia1982a
- Panicum anceps | HamonWi1984 | (= Panicum rhizomatum)
- Paspalum notatum | HamonWi1984
- Pennisetum | EtiennMa1993
- Saccharum officinarum | GomezM1958 GomezM1958b GomezM1960O Mamet1943a Newste1917a Newste1917b DeLott1966a KaramAb1992 QinGu1992
- Polygonaceae
- Antigonon leptopus | Mamet1943a
Associates:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Formicidae
- Nylanderia fulva | CaballRaKo2017
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 27
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Barbuda | BenDov1993
- Australia | BenDov1993
- Queensland | QinGu1992
- Bahamas | BenDov1993
- Cameroon | EtiennMa1993
- Cape Verde | VanHarCoWi1990
- Colombia | CaballRaKo2017 GironLaGo2005
- Cote d'Ivoire (=Ivory Coast) | EtiennMa1993
- Cuba | Campos1993
- Dominican Republic | BenDov1993
- Egypt | KaramAb1992
- Grenada | BenDov1993
- Guyana (=British Guiana) | Mamet1943a Mamet1958 Newste1917a
- Haiti | PerezG2008
- Jamaica | BenDov1993
- Kenya | DeLott1966a
- Madagascar | Mamet1959a
- Mauritius | Mamet1943a
- Mexico | BenDov1993
- Sinaloa | Miller1996
- Morocco | BenDov1993 Panis1975
- Nigeria | BenDov1993
- Papua New Guinea | BenDov1993
- Puerto Rico & Vieques Island
- Puerto Rico | Martor1976 NakahaMi1981
- Senegal | EtiennMa1993
- Spain | GomezM1960O
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Trinidad | BenDov1993
- United States
- Florida | HamonWi1984
- Georgia | HamonWi1984
- Louisiana | HamonWi1984
- Venezuela | BenDov1993
Keys
- MestreKoRe2021: pp.3 ( Adult (F) ) [Pulvinaria in Cuba]
- TanakaKo2015: pp.113 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Colombian species of the genus Pulvinaria]
- WilliaWa1990: pp.148 ( Adult (F) ) [Tropical South Pacific]
- HamonWi1984: pp.87 ( Adult (F) ) [USA, Florida]
- Willia1982a: pp.113 ( Adult (F) ) [P. iceryi and its alllies]
Remarks
- Systematics: In Williams (1982a) it was noted that it was probable that all previous records of P. iceryi from the New World were based on misidentifications and should be P. elongata.
- Structure: See colour photograph in Hamon & Williams (1984). Adult female extremely elongate or elliptical; marginal setae with sharply or bluntly pointed apices; submarginal area of head and thorax with numerous, widespread ventral tubular ducts; multilocular pores present on thorax between mesothoracic and metathoracic coxa; ventral tubular ducts absent medially from thorax. (Caballero, et al., 2017) Newstead noted in his original description that there are two longitudinal lines of bright crimson on the dorsum, and these have given the species the name of red-striped sugar-cane scale.
- Economic Importance: Pulvinaria elongata has been reported as a minor pest of sugarcane except when in a mutualistic association with Nylanderia fulva (Mayr) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), when it causes more serious damage (Caballero, et al., 2017).
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of adult female by Mamet (1958), De Lotto (1966a) (as Pulvinaria longisqua, Hamon & Williams (1984) and by Williams & Watson (1990).
Illustrations
Citations
- AbdRabEv2021: distribution, host, 30
- AhmedMi2018a: distribution,
- BenDov1993: catalog, 257-258
- CaballRaKo2017: diagnosis, distribution, economic importance, host, 492
- CaballRaRa2020: host, 169
- DeLott1966a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 467-468,471
- EtiennMa1993: distribution, host, 256
- GillKo1997: distribution, economic importance, host, 161-163
- GomezM1958: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 22-26
- GomezM1958b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 70-75
- GomezM1960O: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 196-200
- HamonWi1984: description, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 90-93
- KaramAb1992: distribution, host, taxonomy, 587-594
- Kondo2001: distribution, host, taxonomy, 42
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 12
- LagowsGoHo2022: distribution, host, list, 9
- LagowsGoMi2018: distribution, 371
- Mamet1943a: distribution, host, 153
- Mamet1949: catalog, distribution, 27
- Mamet1958: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 65-75
- Mamet1959a: distribution, host, 376
- Martor1976: distribution, host, 230
- MatileNo1984: distribution, host, 63
- MestreKo2018: distribution, 5
- MestreKoRe2021: key, 3
- Miller1996: catalog, distribution, 71
- NakahaMi1981: distribution, host, 30
- Newste1917a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 20-21
- Panis1975: biological control, distribution, host, taxonomy, 147-153
- PerezG2008: distribution, 213
- QinGu1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 118-122
- TanakaKo2015: distribution, taxonomy, 113
- VanHarCoWi1990: distribution, host, 134-135
- Watson2021: distribution, 522
- Willia1982a: distribution, host, key, taxonomy, 113-114
- Willia2001: distribution, 225-227
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 209
- WilliaWa1990: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 149-151
