Meng, S., & Xing, J. 2022 Bambusaecoccus maolanensis, a new soft scale genus and species from China (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae). Zootaxa 5168(4): 419–430

Keywords:

  • ant association
  • description
  • diagnosis
  • host
  • illustration
  • taxonomy

    • Notes: A new genus of soft scale insect from Guizhou Province, China, Bambusaecoccus Meng & Xing gen. n., with Bambusaecoccus maolanensis Meng & Xing sp. n. (Hemiptera: Coccidae: Paralecaniini) as type species, is described and illustrated. The species was collected from bamboo, Bambusa (Dendrocalamopsis) sp. (Poaceae: Bambusoideae), under carton shelters built by the ant Crematogaster subnuda nigrosubnuda Özdikmen 2010 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Type specimens of the new species are deposited at the Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China (GUGC).