Chaetococcus turanicus Borchsenius

Wu, San-An & Lu, Yuan, 2012, Notes on the genera and species in the mealybug tribe Serrolecaniini Shinji (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) from China with description of a new species, Zootaxa 3251, pp. 30-46 : 32

Chaetococcus turanicus Borchsenius

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Chaetococcus turanicus Borchsenius, 1949: 317 ; Wu, 2001: 45 Chaetococcus bambusae ; Tang, 1992: 29 (misidentification)

Distribution in China. Nei Mongol, Ningxia.

Host plants. Phragmites sp.

Material examined. 1Ƥ, NINGXIA: Qingtongxia city, on Phragmites sp., 16 Sept. 1991, Coll. Jian-yi Wang ( EISC); 2ƤƤ, NEI MONGOL: Qian Qi, on Phragmites sp., 15 July 1985, Coll. Jie Li ( EISC).

Biology. Living on stem under leaf sheath.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Chaetococcus turanicus Borchsenius, adult female. Where: A trilocular pore; B discoidal pore; C multilocular pore; D duct-like pore; E spine. The drawing was based on specimens from Ningxia on Phragmites sp.