Diaspis bromeliae (Kerner, 1778)

Mille, Christian, Henderson, Rosa C., Cazères, Sylvie & Jourdan, Hervé, 2016, Checklist of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha) of New Caledonia, Zoosystema 38 (2), pp. 129-176 : 138-139

Diaspis bromeliae (Kerner, 1778)

Coccus bromeliae Kerner, 1778: 20 .

PUBLISHED RECORDS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Watson (2002).

DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. — West Coast of Grande Terre.

OTHER RECORDS. — Almost cosmopolitan.

HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Ananas comosus , Bromelia spp.

NOTE. — This scale can be a problem when pineapple plants are weak.

Diaspis casuarinae Williams & Watson, 1988 * ( Fig. 5C, D )

Diaspis casuarinae Williams & Watson, 1988a: 104 .

PUBLISHED RECORDS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Williams & Watson (1988a).

DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Grande Terre, Province Sud (Plum and La Coulée in Mont-Dore County; Nouméa County).

OTHER RECORDS. — Endemic to New Caledonia.

HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Casuarina spp. ( Williams & Watson 1988a).

NOTE. — This scale is not a problem on cultivated Casuarina trees, which are used as windbreaks.

Figures

FIG. 5. — A, B, colony and single specimen of Aspidiotus cochereaui Matile-Ferrero & Balachowsky, 1973, on Dracophyllum sp. (Ericaceae) in Mont Kouakoué; C, D, colony and detailed specimens of Choneochiton casuarinae Hodgson, Mille & Cazères, 2014, on Casuarina collina (Casuarinaceae) in Pocquereux (La Foa County); E, F, colony and lateral view specimen of Tessarobelus guerini Montrouzier, 1864, on the introduced Syzygium jambos (Myrtaceae) in Sarraméa County; G, H, colony and detailed specimens of Furcaspis cyphokentiae Williams & Miller,2006,on the palm Cyphokentia sp.(Arecaceae) in Mont Aoupinié (photographies S. Cazères, IAC). Scale bars: B, D, H, 1 mm; C, 2 mm; F, 10 mm; A, E, G, not to scale.