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Issue: Vol. 4545 No. 1: 16 Jan. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-01-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4545.1.8
Page range: 133–138
Abstract views: 88
PDF downloaded: 2

Redescription of Pulvinaria indica Avasthi & Shafee, 1985 (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) with new host and distribution records

Division of Germplasm Collection and Characterisation, Indian Council of Agricultural Research—National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Post Bag No. 2491, H.A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560024, Karnataka, India.
Division of Genomic Resources, Indian Council of Agricultural Research—National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Post Bag No. 2491, H.A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560024, Karnataka, India.
Division of Germplasm Collection and Characterisation, Indian Council of Agricultural Research—National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Post Bag No. 2491, H.A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560024, Karnataka, India.
Department of Agricultural Entomology, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri 413 722, Maharashtra, India.
Department of Agricultural Entomology, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri 413 722, Maharashtra, India.
Department of Agricultural Entomology, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri 413 722, Maharashtra, India.
Hemiptera Sternorrhyncha soft scale plant pest morphology taxonomy

Abstract

The soft scale Pulvinaria indica (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) was described by Avasthi & Shafee in 1985 from four females collected on Duranta repens Linn. from Simhachalam, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. The original description, however, was scanty and attempts to locate the type material were unsuccessful. To facilitate the identification and separation of P. indica from other similar species, we redescribe and illustrate the adult female, based on newly collected specimens found on an economically important new host plant. Management options in the event of its future occurrence are discussed briefly.

 

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