Dysmicoccus brevipes ( Cockerell, 1893 )

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 : 148

Dysmicoccus brevipes ( Cockerell, 1893)

Dactylopius brevipes Cockerell, 1893: 267 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Sarraméa County, on Ananas comosus, 2001 , C. Mille coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC);

same loc., on roots of A. comosus , 12. VI.2002, C. Mille coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC); Bourail County (Gouaro), on flowers of Chrysalidocarpus lutescens , 11.XI.2002, S. Cazères coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC); same loc., on flowers of Chamaedorea costaricana 11.XI.2002, S. Cazères coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC); Mont-Dore County ( IAC, SRMH), on twigs of Curcuma alismatifolia , 1.II.2006, G. Gâteblécoll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC); Yaté County (Mr Champalou Farm), on roots of Kyllinga sp. and on roots of Eleusine indica , 8. V.2007, P. Caplong coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC); La Foa County at the OCEF (Office de Commercialisation et d’Entreposage frigorifique) squash sorting plant, 06.X.2010, on squash ( Cucurbita pepo ), F. Gandet coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC); this species was also intercepted from New Zealand on fruit of A. comosus , 17.02.2009, A. Vonsy coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC) and twice from Australia also on fruit of A. comosus , 23.II.2009 & 5.III.2009, A. Vonsy coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC).

PUBLISHED RECORDS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Cohic (1958a).

DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. — All over the New Caledonian Archipelago.

OTHER RECORDS. — Almost cosmopolitan.

HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Ananas comosus , Coleus blumei , Cyperus rotondus ( Cohic 1958a) , Coffea spp., Saccharum officinarum ( Brun & Chazeau 1986) , Cordyline spp., Curcuma alismatifolia , Chrysalidocarpus lutescens , also recently found on roots of Eleusine indica and Kyllinga spp., on Chamaedorea costaricana , Curcuma alismatifolia and squash ( Cucurbita pepo ).

BIOLOGICAL AGENTS. — Myiocnema comperei Ashmead, 1900 ( Hymenoptera : Eriaporidae ) and Hambletonia pseudococcina Compere, 1936 ( Hymenoptera : Encyrtidae ) were reared recently (2011) from D. brevipes on pineapple in Pouembout County.

NOTE. — Despite the presence of this mealybug, the Pineapple Mealybug Wilt Disease is not recorded in New Caledonia, but because of this known association this insect is rated as an economic pest.