Pseudococcidae

Kaydan, Mehmet Bora, Konczné Benedicty, Zsuzsanna, Williams, Douglas J. & Szita, Éva, 2017, Scale Insect (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha) Survey Of Soil Samples From Southern Asia With Description Of Two New Species Of Rhizoecidae, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 63 (3), pp. 309-325 : 313

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.17109/AZH.63.3.309.2017
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA8791-FFCF-8843-F9CD-FE53ED794728
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scientific name	Pseudococcidae
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Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley

Materialexamined. Taiwan: 1 f, PingtungCounty , KentingNationalPark, seashore, 5 m a.s.l., N: 21°56.33’, E: 120°47.549’ 31.ix.2011, Leg. Ujvári, Zs. (PPI: 12147; HNHM: As1063) .

Host plants. More than 199 host plant species 49 plant families ( GARCÍA MORALES et al. 2016).

Distribution. InvasivespeciesinthePalaearcticandOrientalRegions. Speciesorigin is regarded as South America.

Comments. Normally, thisspeciesfeedsontheaerialpartsofplantsbutinunfavour- ableconditions, mealybugsmaymovetothelowerpartsofplants. Presumablythisspecies was caught accidentally on the survey of the collection site.

Spilococcuserianthi (Kiritchenko)

Materialexamined. Taiwan: 1 f, NantouCounty , RenluenResearchStation, pine forest, 1484 ma.s.l., N: 23°42.795’, E: 120°55.109’, 25.ix.2011, Leg. Ujvári, Zs. (PPI: 12161; HNHM: As1041) .

Host plants. Erianthus sp. , E. purpurescens , E. ravennae (Poaceae) ( GARCÍA MORALES et al. 2016).

Distribution. Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan (GARCÍAMORALES etal. 2016); Taiwan.