The bamboo mealybugs Balanococcus kwoni n. sp. and Palmicultor lumpurensis (Takahashi) (Hemiptera, Pseudococcidae) Author Pellizzari, Giuseppina Author Danzig, Evelyna text Zootaxa 2007 1583 65 68 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.178401 b07cc7b3-2c57-4768-8232-a66c399562a8 1175-5326 178401 Palmicultor lumpurensis ( Takahashi, 1951 ) Trionymus lumpurensis Takahashi, 1951 : 12 ; Kwon, Danzig & Park, 2003 a: 417. Palmicultor bambusum Tang, 1992 : 597 . Synonymised by Williams, 2003 : 68 . Saccharicoccus bambusus (Tang) , Fang et al ., 2001 :104 . Change of combination. Palmicultor lumpurensis (Takahashi) , Williams, 2003 : 68 , change of combination; Williams, 2004 : 453 . According to the literature, the host plants and distribution of P. lumpurensis are as follows: Host plants : Bambusa sp. ( Takahashi, 1951 ), Lingnania cerosissima ( Tang, 1992 ) , Bambusa blumeana , B. philippinensis ( Williams, 2004 ) , Phyllostachys sp. ( Kwon et al ., 2003 ), B. oldhamii and A rundinaria sp. ( Hodges & Hodges, 2004 ) (Fam. Gramineae). Distribution : China , Hong Kong , Malaysia , Philippines , Vietnam , Australia (Queensland) ( Williams, 2003 ; 2004 ); South Korea , ( Kwon et al ., 2003 ), USA (Florida) ( Hodges & Hodges, 2004 ). In addition to the above information reported in the literature, further information on this species can be found in the following links: http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/enpp/ento/t-lumpurensis.html; http://www.bamboocraft.net/forum; and http://www.texasbamboosociety.org. They indicate that P. lumpurensis , first recorded in Florida in 2002, has spread to several counties in Florida, Texas and California ( USA ), and is affecting several other species of Bambusa ( B. multiplex , B. beecheyana , B. textiles and B. tuldoides ).