Valid Names Results
Serrolecanium kawaii Hendricks & Kosztarab, 1999 (Pseudococcidae: Serrolecanium)Nomenclatural History
- Serrolecanium kawaii Hendricks & Kosztarab 1999: 73. Type data: JAPAN: Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa-Shoto, Kume Island, on Pleioblastus linearis. Holotype, female, Type depository: Shanxi: Entomological Institute, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, China; Tokyo: Imperial Agricultural Experiment Station, Tachikawa, Japan; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 2
- Poaceae
- Indocalamus | WuLu2012
- Pleioblastus linearis | HendriKo1999
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- China
- Anhui (=Anhwei) | WuLu2012
- Ryukyu Islands (=Nansei Shoto) | HendriKo1999
Keys
- WuLu2012: pp.31 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species in the tribe Serrolecaniini Shinji]
- HendriKo1999: pp.69 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
Remarks
- Systematics: This species is identified by posterior six abdominal segments expanded laterally and the antennae plate-like. It is also unique in that tubular ducts are absent in the adult frmale stage, but are present in second and third instar developmental stages.
- Biology: This species is unusual among the bamboo infesting mealybugs in that it is found alone underneath the buds of its host, since most Serrolecanium species are gregarious living under leaf sheaths. (Hendricks & Kozxterab, 1999)
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Hendricks & Kosztarab (1999).
Illustrations
Citations
- HendriKo1999: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 73-76
- WuLu2012: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 40-42,45
