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
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1175-5326
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Pseudococcus calceolariae
(
Maskell, 1879
)
This species was recorded in
Colombia
by
Kondo
et al
. (2008)
based on previous information, occurring on a native fig tree known as “caucho sabanero”,
Ficus americanus
(Moraceae)
, in the city of
Bogotá
. Although
Ps. calceolariae
is a polyphagous species (
Ben-Dov 1994
,
McKenzie 1967
,
Kondo
et al.
2008
), there are no reports of it feeding on other hosts in Colombia (
Kondo
et al.
2008
).
Although
Figueroa (1977)
recorded
Ps. calceolariae
on the roots of sugarcane in the department of
Valle del Cauca
,
Colombia
, there are no voucher specimens in any of the entomological depositories listed above. Therefore, we suggest that the record of
Ps. calceolariae
on sugarcane from
Colombia
should be treated as doubtful.