Nesamari, R., Millar, I.M., Coutinho, T.A., & Roux, J. 2015 South African cycads at risk: Aulacaspis yasumatsui (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae) in South Africa. African Entomology 23(1): 196-206

Keywords:

  • DNA sequencing
  • diagnosis
  • distribution
  • host
  • morphology
  • phylogenetics

    • Notes: In this study we report formally, for the first time, A. yasumatsui infesting cycads in South Africa. This scale insect was observed infesting cycads in three provinces in South Africa, namely, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo. Its identification was based on morphology and nucleotide sequences of three gene regions. Although more common and damaging on non-native Cycas species, its presence on some native South African Encephalartos species is of concern.

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