Species Pulvinaria elongata Newstead, 1917

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• Pulvinaria elongata Newstead, R. 1917. Observations on scale-insects (Coccidae) – IV. Bulletin of Entomological Research 8: 1-34 [20].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NHM-UK ♀, GUYANA: Demarara, Plantation La Bonne Intention.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Williams, D.J. 1982. Pulvinaria iceryi (Signoret) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) and its allies on sugar-cane and other grasses. Bulletin of Entomological Research 72: 111-117 [113].

  Type host:

   Saccharum officinarum [POACEAE]
• Pulvinaria longisqua De Lotto, G. 1966. Another new species of Pulvinaria (Hom.: Coccidae) from sugar cane. South African Journal of Agricultural Science 9: 467-472 [467].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Williams, D.J. 1982. The distribution of the mealybug genus Planococcus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Melanesia, Polynesia and Kiribati. Bulletin of Entomological Research 72: 441-445 [113] (synonymy of Pulvinaria longisqua De Lotto, 1966)

Distribution

States

Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W., 1990) [148] (female; tropical South Pacific); (Hamon, A.B. & Williams, M.L., 1984) [87] (female; USA, Florida)

GENERAL

Good description and illustration of adult female by Mamet, J.R. 1958. The identity of the sugar-cane Pulvinaria (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Mauritius, with notes on its economic importance. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B 27: 65–75, De Lotto, G. 1966. Another new species of Pulvinaria (Hom.: Coccidae) from sugar cane. South African Journal of Agricultural Science 9: 467–472 (as Pulvinaria longisqua, Hamon, A.B. & Williams, M.L. 1984. The soft scale insects of Florida (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae). In, Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas. Gainesville : Fla. Dept. of Agric. & Consumer Serv. Div. Plant Ind. 194 pp. and by Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W. 1990. The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Pt. 3: The soft scales (Coccidae) and other families. London : CAB International Institute of Entomology 267 pp..

STRUCTURE

See colour photograph in Hamon, A.B. & Williams, M.L. 1984. The soft scale insects of Florida (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae). In, Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas. Gainesville : Fla. Dept. of Agric. & Consumer Serv. Div. Plant Ind. 194 pp..

General References

Gómez-Menor Ortega, J. 1958. Cochinillas que atacan a los frutales (Homoptera, Coccoidea: II. Familias Lecanidae y Margarodidae). Boletín de Patología Vegetal y Entomología Agrícola. Madrid 23: 43-173 [70] (Coccus elongatus: misidentification discovered by : 196)

Gómez-Menor Ortega, J. 1958. Dos Lecaniidae (Coccoidea), nuevos para la fauna Española. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural. Madrid (Seccion Biologica) 56: 21-34 [22] (Coccus (Lecanium) elongatus: misidentification discovered by : 196)

Common Name References

Hamon, A.B. & Williams, M.L. 1984. The soft scale insects of Florida (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae). In, Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas. Gainesville : Fla. Dept. of Agric. & Consumer Serv. Div. Plant Ind. 194 pp. (cited also by ) (Cottony Grass Scale)

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