Furcaspis Lindinger, 1908

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 : 139-140

Genus Furcaspis Lindinger, 1908

Furcaspis cyphokentiae Williams & Miller, 2006 * ( Fig. 5G, H )

Furcaspis cyphokentiae Williams & Miller in Williams et al., 2006: 24.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Ponérihouen County (Massif de l’Aoupinié), 4.IV.2008 on leaves of a palm tree, C. Mille coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC).

PUBLISHED RECORDS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Williams et al. (2006).

DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Grande Terre (East Coast, Ponérihouen County).

HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Cyphokentia macrostachya .

NOTES. — The holotype was found on C. macrostachya seeds from New Caledonia intercepted at Plant Quarantine inspection in Hawaii, in 1977. Recently found in Aoupinié Massif (Central Range of Grande Terre) on an unidentified palm ( Williams et al. 2006).

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.