Labidaspis myersi ( Green, 1929 )

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 : 141

Labidaspis myersi ( Green, 1929)

Fiorina myersi Green, 1929: 381 .

PUBLISHED RECORDS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — It is recorded from New Caledonia for the first time.

DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Precise distribution unknown.

OTHER RECORDS. — New Zealand.

HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Strictly found in New Zealand on its host plants Collospermum and Astelia spp., the latter genus being shared between New Caledonia and New Zealand and also present in Australia and South America ( Birch et al. 2012).

NOTES. — Despite the fact that this species has never been collected again from New Caledonia, three slides in the Natural History Museum collection, London do contain specimens of Labidaspis myersi . The collection data “S.C. Mts (W), leaves of?palm, coll. LG, Feb 1960, C.I.E. B178”. This means that insects were collected by Lindsey Gressitt who worked a lot on New Caledonian Coleoptera at that time, “B” was written for the Bishop Museum. It may be regarded as an autochtonous species, but uncommon because of its association with few rare host plants. Further samplings are required to fully address this question.