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Pulvinaria nr. bambusicola (Coccidae: Pulvinaria)Nomenclatural History
- Puvinaria nr. bambusicola Ahmed & Miller 2018a: 1-3. Type depository: Gainesville: Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Division of Plant Industry, Florida, USA; unclassified species Notes: This new Pulvinaria sp. nr. bambusicola is likely an invasive species in Florida and could develop high populations causing economic damage without natural enemies present in the environment.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Poaceae
- Saccharum officinarum | AhmedMi2018a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- United States
- Florida | AhmedMi2018a
Keys
Remarks
- Systematics: This new soft scale is very similar to an obscure P. bambusicola (Tang). Of the five grass-infesting species of Pulvinaria, only P. bambusicola and this newly unidentified Pulvinaria sp. nr. bambusicola have the following combination of characters (characters given in parentheses are those of the other four species): dorsal submarginal tubercles present (absent); without dorsal tubular ducts (absent in P. elongata and P. tenuivalvata,
present in P. iceryi and P. sorghicola); claw short and thick (long and thin in
, P. iceryi , and P. tenuivalvata, intermediate in P. sorghicola); club of claw digitules nearly as wide as base of claw (about half as wide as base of claw, or less than half as wide); without a denticle on claw (present in P. elongata, P. tenuivalvata, and P. sorghicola, absent in P. iceryi); most multilocular pores with 10 loculi (with 7 or 8 in P. elongata, P. iceryi, and P. tenuivalvata, 10 in P. sorghicola); dorsal setae not lanceolate (lanceolate). The only obvious morphological difference between P. bambusicola and this new - Structure: Adult females are oval in shape and about 5.0 mm long and 3.5 mm wide (Fig. 1a). The body of the adult is white, without an obvious ovisac. (Ahmed & Miller, 2018a)
- Economic Importance: In Florida, sugarcane is an important agricultural crop that is grown for the production of sugan, molasses and cellulosic ethanol.
