Fiorinia phantasma Cockerell & Robinson, 1915

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2016n2a1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4579142
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scientific name	Fiorinia phantasma Cockerell & Robinson, 1915
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Fiorinia phantasma Cockerell & Robinson, 1915 View in CoL

Fiorinia phantasma Cockerell & Robinson, 1915: 108 View in CoL .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Nouméa County, 10.IV.2009, on palm, J. Marin coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC).

PUBLISHED RECORDS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — This is the first record from New Caledonia.

DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Grande Terre (Nouméa County).

OTHER RECORDS. — It is known from American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, France, French Polynesia, Grenada, Guam, Hawaii, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives’ Islands, Nauru, Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, La Réunion, Saint-Martin, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam ( Watson et al. 2015).

HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Recently found on leaves of an unknown species of Arecaceae . It is also known on the palm tree Nypa fruticans in Papua New Guinea, on Cocos nucifera in the Solomons Islands and on Pandanus spp. in Irian Jaya ( Williams & Watson 1988a).

NOTE. — It appears to be a recent arrival. This species was known as Fiorinia coronata Williams & Watson, 1988a (116) but this name is now a junior synonym of Fiorinia phantasma ( Watson et al. 2015) .