Bambusaspis bambusae (Boisduval)

Moghaddam, Masumeh & Watson, Gillian W., 2024, The Scale Insects Of Iran (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) Part 3 The Soft Scales (Coccidae) And Other Families, Zootaxa 5542 (1), pp. 1-202 : 27

Bambusaspis bambusae (Boisduval)

( Fig. 5 , distribution map Fig. 89C )

Asterolecanium bambusae Boisduval, 1869: 261 . Bambusaspis bambusae (Boisduval) ; Borchsenius 1960: 136.

Field characters: Adult females live on stems and both surfaces of leaves. Body of adult female distinctly longer than wide; greenish, brownish, or pale yellow; test transparent, thin, and shiny.

Microscopic diagnosis: Slide-mounted adult female body broadly oval to elliptical, posterior end with a notch between slightly developed anal lobes. Antennae circular, flattish, each with 2 setae longer than diameter of antenna and 1 or 2 shorter than diameter of antenna. Anal ring with pores, arranged as an inner row of 6 and an outer row of 18–20, and bearing 6 setae, situated in a dorsal recess with a slender arched plate at its entrance.

Dorsum. Marginal 8-shaped pores present in a single row, terminating 2 or 3 times a pore’s length from base of each apical seta. Disc-pores present, irregularly spaced on dorsal inner margins of marginal 8-shaped pores. 8- shaped pores present, often numbering 3–30 in median area, or present in submarginal and lateral areas. Tubular ducts scattered, usually absent from median area of dorsum. A pair of submedian dorsal tubes present near posterior end of abdomen.

Venter. Marginal quinquelocular disc-pores present in a complete row on inner ventral edge of marginal 8- shaped pore row, terminating near posterior-most marginal 8-shaped pores. Spiracles each with a subcircular bar; spiracular furrow between each spiracle and margin of body containing a group of 22–42 quinquelocular disc-pores. Multilocular disc-pores numbering 90–154, present both anterior to and posterior to vulva.

Distribution: Bambusaspis bambusae is a cosmopolitan species known from 74 countries ( García Morales et al. 2016); in Iran, it has been recorded from Gilan province ( Farahbakhsh 1961).

Host-plants: The scale has been recorded on host-plants in 19 genera belonging to eight families; the majority of these host records are from bamboos ( Poaceae ) ( García Morales et al. 2016). In Iran, it has been found on Bambusa sp. ( Poaceae ) ( Farahbakhsh 1961).

Economic importance: Not recorded.

Natural enemies: None recorded in Iran.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Adult female of Bambusaspis bambusae (Boisduval), developed from Russell (1941) page 242, fig. 6.

FIGURE 89. Distribution maps of scale insect species in Iran covered in this work. A, Asterodiaspis minor (Russell); B, Asterodiaspis quercicola (Bouché); C, Bambusaspis bambusae (Boisduval); D, Bodenheimera rachelae (Bodenheimer); E, Ceroplastes floridensis Comstock; F, Ceroplastes rubens Maskell; G, Ceroplastes rusci (Linnaeus); H, Ceroplastes sinensis Del Guercio; I, Coccus hesperidum Linnaeus; J, Coccus pseudomagnoliarum (Kuwana); K, Cryptococcus fagisuga Lindinger; L, Didesmococcus unifasciatus (Archangelskaya).