Parasaissetia nigra ( Nietner, 1861 )

Mille, Christian, Henderson, Rosa C., Cazères, Sylvie & Jourdan, Hervé, 2016, Checklist of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha) of New Caledonia, Zoosystema 38 (2), pp. 129-176 : 134

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scientific name	Parasaissetia nigra ( Nietner, 1861 )
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Parasaissetia nigra ( Nietner, 1861) View in CoL

Lecanium nigrum Nietner, 1861: 9 View in CoL .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Bourail County (Gouaro), 9.IX.2001, on twigs of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, S. Cazères coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC); Sarraméa County, 20.X.2002, on Ananas comosus, C. Mille coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC); La Foa County ( IAC, SRFP), 20.XI.2002, on Psidium guajava, J. Brinon coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC); the species was also intercepted from Tahiti, 3.XII.2012, on twigs of H. rosa-sinensis, E. Béné coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC).

PUBLISHED RECORDS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Cohic (1956, 1958a).

DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Grande Terre (Bourail and Sarraméa counties).

HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Coffea arabica , C. canephora , Ficus spp. ( Cohic 1956, 1958a), Annona muricata , Helianthus annuus , Nerium oleander , Solanum melongena , Dioscorea spp., Gossypium spp., Hibiscus rosa-sinensis ( Brun & Chazeau 1980) , also found on Ananas comosus , Citrus spp., Persea americana , Psidium guajava ( Mille 2011) .

OTHER RECORDS. — Almost cosmopolitan.

BIOLOGICAL AGENTS.— Encyrtus infelix ( Hymenoptera : Encyrtidae ), Scutellista caerulea ( Hymenoptera : Pteromalidae ) and Lecanicillium lecanii (Zimm.) Zare & W.Gams (2001) (Fungi, Hypocreales , Cordycipitaceae ).

NOTE. — Not rated as an economic species.

References

BRUN L. - O. & CHAZEAU J. 1980. - Catalogue des ravageurs d'interet agricole de Nouvelle-Caledonie. ORSTOM, Centre de Noumea, 125 p.

COHIC F. 1956. - Parasites animaux des plantes cultivees en Nouvelle- Caledonie et Dependances. Institut francais d'Oceanie, Noumea, 92 p.

COHIC F. 1958 a. - Contribution a l'etude des cochenilles d'interet economique de Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances. South Pacific Commission, Technical Paper 116: 35 p.

MILLE C. 2011. - Animaux nuisibles et utiles des jardins et vergers de Nouvelle-Caledonie. Editions SENC (Societe entomologique de Nouvelle-Caledonie), 200 p.

NIETNER J. 1861. - Observations on the enemies of the coffee tree in Ceylon. Ceylon Times Ceylom, 31 p.