Valid Names Results

Serrolecanium ferrisi Wu & Lu, 2012 (Pseudococcidae: Serrolecanium)

Nomenclatural History

• Serrolecanium tobai; Ferris 1950a. misidentification
• Serrolecanium indocalamus; Hendricks & Kosztarab 1999: 69-73. misidentification
• Serrolecanium ferrisi Wu & Lu 2012: 38-40. Type data: CHINA: Guizhou, Kuankuoshui Natural Reserve Area of Suiyang county, under leaf sheath of Fargesia sp., 8/13/2010, by San-an Wu & Yuan Lu. Holotype, female, accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WuLu2012: pp.31 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species in the tribe Serrolecaniini Shinji]
• HendriKo1999: pp.69 ( Adult (F) ) [world] Key as: Serrolecanium indocalamus

Remarks

• Systematics: This species is similar to S. tobai in having the posterior 4 abdominal segments well-defined and expanded laterally, but can easily be distinguished by having a conical seta at the apex of each psterolateral lobe and no tubular duccts dorsallly on the abdomen. (Wu & Lu, 2012) Ferris (1950) identified the specimen collected from "CHINA, Yunnan, Si-shan, nr Kunmung on Arundiaria sp. (?), 8-12 May 1949" as Serolecanium tobai. Later Hendricks and Kosztarab (1999) checked this material studied by Ferris (1950) and concluded that "Ferris' material shows striking differences with other lots of S. tobai and was treated as S. indocalamus Wu". However, they also wrote "this material does not completely match Wu's (1988) definition and may actually represent a separate species." Wu & Lu (2012) examined specimens and determined that they matched Ferris' (1950) and Hendrick's and Kosztarab's definition and so are believed to represent the same species. S ferrisi.
• Biology: Living singly or in small groups on stems beneath leaf sheaths.
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Wu & Lu, 2012.

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