A taxonomic study of three mealybug species (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) infesting dwarf bamboo in Japan, with description of a new species Author Tanaka, Hirotaka Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Tarumi 3 - 5 - 7, Matsuyama, Ehime 790 - 8566, Japan. & The Kyushu University Museum, Hakozaki 6 - 10 - 1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812 - 8581 Japan. text Zootaxa 2022 2022-08-29 5178 4 334 346 journal article 133176 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.4.2 09e2bb24-2097-4bfb-b7eb-d762e8f1c8a3 1175-5326 7031678 2A5A5C9D-A11F-4093-ABD4-4CD489E6D35C Formicococcus bambusiphilus ( Takahashi 1958 ) stat. rev. and comb. nov. ( Fig. 1 ) [Japanese common name: Take-kona-kaigaramushi] Ferrisicoccus bambusiphilus Takahashi 1958: 7 ; Kawai 1972: 7 ; Kawai 1980: 114 . Ferrisicoccus angustus Ezzat & McConnell 1956 ; Ben-Dov 1999: 380 (misidentification). Dysmicoccus angustus ( Ezzat & McConnell 1956 ) ; Danzig 1978: 8 (misidentification). Paraputo angustus ( Ezzat & McConnell 1956 ) ; Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin 2015: 29 (misidentification). Material examined. Lectotype (here designated): Ferrisicoccus / bambusiphilus / Takah. Type / 19.VIII.1952 / Tokyo , Japan / R. Takahashi. Host : Bamboo. 1 adult female on a slide together with 9 paralectotypes ; the lectotype is the last individual on the right in the upper part of the slide ( SEHU ) ; Paralectotype : same data as lectotype; examined paralectotype is the specimen on the left below the lectotype ( SEHU ) . Other material studied : JAPAN : Kanagawa prefecture , Atsugi-shi , Nanasawa , on Pleioblastus chino , 25.vii.1975 , coll. S. Kawai , 2 adult females mounted singly ( KTUA ) ; Tokyo , Chiyoda-ku , Imperial palace, on Pleioblastus chino , 24.vi.1998 , coll. S. Kawai , 4 adult females mounted singly ( KTUA ) .