A study of the mealybug genus Planococcus Ferris, 1950 from China, with description of a new species (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Pseudococcidae) Author Zhang, Jiangtao https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0007-3918 Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Forest Ecosystem Protection and Restoration of Poyang Lake Watershed, College of Forestry, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China jiang_tao_zhang@163.com Author Deng, Jun https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5390-6362 State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China text ZooKeys 2023 2023-09-04 1178 77 95 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1178.107354 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1178.107354 1313-2970-1178-77 D16FCF2EEEFA474B9C784AAA3337ADA6 D33F8338685C5D80AB69869D617B2F3E Planococcus vovae (Nasonov, 1909) Coccus gossipifera Rondani, 1874: 43. Pseudococcus (Dactylopius) vovae Nasonov, 1909: 484. Pseudococcus inamabilis Hambleton, 1935: 112. Pseudococcus junipericola Borchsenius, 1949: 116. Planococcus vovae : Danzig 1980: 168. Planococcus taigae Danzig, 1986: 19. Material examined. Beijing: 3 ♀♀ , Beijing Forestry University Campus, Juniperus chinensis , 9.vi.2022 , coll. Yu-ang Li. Host plants. Cupressaceae : Juniperus chinensis , J. chinensis 'Kaizuka' , J. chinensis 'Kaizuka Procumbens' , J. formosana , J. sabina , Platycladus orientalis ( Yuan and Wei 2022 ; Wu et al. 2023 ). Distribution. Beijing, Hebei ( Yuan and Wei 2022 ; Wu et al. 2023 ). Remarks. Good descriptions and illustrations of the adult female can be found in Cox (1989) and Williams and Granara de Willink (1992) . Notes. Planococcus leppulus (Wu, 2000), which possesses oral rim tubular ducts and cerarii numbering two or three pairs only present on posterior abdominal segments, is not included in this study.