Tessarobelus Montrouzier, 1864

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 : 146

Genus Tessarobelus Montrouzier, 1864 *

Tessarobelus guerini Montrouzier, 1864 ** ( Fig. 5E, F )

Tessarobelus guerini Montrouzier , in Perroud & Montrouzier, 1864:247.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Sarraméa County, 20.I.2005, on leaves and twigs of Syzygium jambos, P. Jolivet coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC); Poya County (Népoui, Kopéto), 19.III.2007, on Syzygium sp., J. Munzinger coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC).

PUBLISHED RECORDS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Perroud & Montrouzier (1864); Bhatti (1991).

DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Grande Terre (Sarraméa and Poya counties).

OTHER RECORDS. — Endemic to New Caledonia.

HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Annona squamosa , Calophyllum sp. ( Bhatti 1991), Syzygium spp., Melaleuca quinquenervia ( Cohic 1958a) , recently found on Carpolepis laurifolia , Syzygium jambos and Metrosideros spp.

NOTES. — Species a redescripted by Miller (1971) from fresh material collected in Sarraméa (Amieu Pass), Ouégoa and Ponérihouen counties, Bhatti (1991) established a neotype from this latter location. It can form heavy infestations on S. jambos .

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.