New scale insect (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea) records from Fiji: three new species, records of several new invasive species and an updated checklist of Coccoidea
Author
Hodgson, Chris J.
Author
Łagowska, Bozena
text
Zootaxa
2011
2766
1
29
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.205749
79982722-90be-4519-a2d7-dbf53cf10cfb
1175-5326
205749
Pseudaulacaspis coluisuvae
Williams & Watson
This species was described from
Viti
Levu,
Fiji
, off an unknown host by
Williams and Watson (1988a)
. Previous to this study, this was the only record. Here we record it from
Fiji
:
Viti
Levu, Naivicule, on?
Ficus
sp.,
4.xii.1957
, B.A. O’Connor (BMNH): 3/7adff (good); also Vanua Levu, Sawani, midrib of undentified plant,
21.ii.1951
, B.A. O’Connor (BMNH): 1/1adf (good). We also record it for the first time from the
Solomon Is
.: Kolambangara, on
Terminalia colamasanae
,
7.viii.1980
, M. Bigger (BMNH): 2/5adff (good). These records suggest that this species could be more widespread than the initial description suggested. There was some variation in the frequency of the larger dorsal ducts on the head within all three collections. All specimens had at least one duct near the head margins, but most had only two ducts, either one on either side of the head or one near the margin and one in the midline. Despite this variation, all three collections are here considered to be
P. coluisuvae
.