Idiococcus bambusae Takahashi & Kanda

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 : 35

Idiococcus bambusae Takahashi & Kanda

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Idiococcus bambusae Takahashi & Kanda, 1939:52 ; Hendricks & Kosztarab, 1999: 49: Wu, 2001: 46 Serrolecanium maanshanensis Tang & Wu , in Tang, 1983: 3 (nomen nudum)

Idiococcus maanshanensis Tang & Wu , in Tang, 1984: 101; 1984a: 395; 1992: 36; Wang, 2001: 43 (synonymy by Hendricks & Kosztarab, 1999)

Distribution in China. Anhui, Zhejiang.

Host plants. Pleioblastus amarus , Indocalamus migoi .

Material examined: 19ƤƤ, ANHUI: Maanshan city, on Indocalamus migoi , 18 Aug. 1979, Coll. Shi-jun Wu; 3ƤƤ, ANHUI: Maanshan city, on Indocalamus migoi , 9 Feb. 1981, Coll. Shi-jun Wu; 6ƤƤ, ANHUI: Maanshan city, on Indocalamus migoi , 24 Feb. 1983, Coll. Shi-jun Wu; 4 ƤƤ, ZHEJIANG: Mt. Tianmushan, on Indocalamus migoi , 12 Apr. 1999, Coll. San-an Wu; 1Ƥ, ZHEJIANG: Lin’an city, on Pleioblastus amarus , 18 Apr. 1999, Coll. San-an Wu.

Biology. Living in groups on stem of the host beneath leaf sheath.

Remarks. The location of the mouthparts varies among specimens, but is usually present on the mesothoracic sternite between anterior and posterior spiracles. Tang (1984, 1984a) described the anal ring as having pores but no setae, but we found 6 short anal ring setae in teneral females. Hendricks and Kosztarab (1999) mostly examined specimens from Japan (the lectotype is from Japan) and described multilocular disc pores on the abdominal venter, but we could not find them on any of the examined Chinese specimens, even when the body was unsclerotized. Perhaps Idiococcus maanshanensis should be considered to be a valid species, not a synonym of I. bambusae as suggested by Hendricks and Kosztarab (1999).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Idiococcus bambusae Takahashi & Kanda, adult female. Where: A antennae; B anterior spiracle; C trilocular pore; D discoidal pore; E anal ring; F bag-like structure representing leg remnant; G duct-like pore; H long flagellate seta; I setae with circular plate. The drawing was based on specimens from Maanshan (Anhui) on Indocalamus migoi.