Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) on sugarcane in Colombia, with description of a new species of Tillancoccus Ben-Dov (Coccidae) Author Caballero, Alejandro Author Ramos-Portilla, Andrea Amalia Author Kondo, Takumasa text Zootaxa 2017 4258 5 490 500 journal article 33123 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.5.6 1f99571f-2d4f-471c-b329-121c877e46bd 1175-5326 570450 EA2A1731-E70D-4EC5-81D0-32F793CB3BF0 Pulvinaria elongata Newstead, 1917 Hosts. Polyphagous, reported from nine plant species belonging to three families ( García Morales et al . 2016 ). Diagnosis. On slide: adult female extremely elongate or elliptical; marginal setae with sharply or bluntly pointed apices; submarginal area of head and thorax with numerous, widespread ventral tubular ducts; multilocular pores present on thorax between mesothoracic and metathoracic coxa; ventral tubular ducts absent medially from thorax ( Newstead 1917 , Mamet 1958 , Tanaka & Kondo 2015 ). Distribution. Afrotropical, Australasian, Nearctic, Neotropical and Palaearctic regions. In Colombia , P. elongata was recorded in the departments of Risaralda and Valle del Cauca ( Girón et al. 2005 ). Economic importance. Pulvinaria elongata has been reported as a minor pest of sugarcane ( Bustillo 2013 ) except when in a mutualistic association with Nylanderia fulva (Mayr) ( Hymenoptera : Formicidae ), when it causes more serious damage ( Gómez & Lastra 1995 ). Material studied. COLOMBIA : Caldas , Filadelfia , Vda. Balmoral, 1617 m a.s.l. , 05°16′04.73″N , 75°33′00.73″W , 26.iv.2016 , coll. C. Cardona , ex leaves of sugarcane, S. officinarum , 10 ♀ , UNAB voucher No. 1836 ; Valle del Cauca , Florida , Centro de Investigación para la Caña (Cenicaña), 21.iv.2004 , ex stems of S . officinarum , 7 ♀ , UNAB voucher No. 1507.