Planococcus minor ( Maskell, 1897 )

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 : 151

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scientific name	Planococcus minor ( Maskell, 1897 )
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Planococcus minor ( Maskell, 1897) View in CoL

Dactylopius calceolariae minor Maskell, 1897: 322 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Bourail County (Gouaro), 12.X.2002, on roots of pumpkin ( Cucurbita sp.), S. Cazères coll.; Mont-Dore County ( IAC, SRMH), 10.IV.2007, on leaves and twigs of Marsdenia nigriflora, S. Cazères coll.; La Foa County ( IAC, SRFP), 26.III.2009, on leaves and twigs of Annona sp., C. Mille coll.; Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC); Dumbéa County (Mr J.-G. Fong greenhouses), 9.XI.2011, on Rosa chinensis, C. Mille coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC).

PUBLISHED RECORDS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Williams & Watson (1988b) as “ P. pacificus Cox, 1981 ” ( Williams & Watson 1988b) is a junior synonym of P. minor (Ben-Dov 2012b) . This species was collected by N. L. H. Krauss in Yahoué (Dumbéa County) in 1983 and 1986 and in Nouméa in 1984 (D. J. Williams, pers. comm.).

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

OTHER RECORDS. — Pacific Ocean, West Indies, Central, North and South Americas, Australasia, South-East Asia, Indian Ocean.

HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Coffea spp. and Ficus spp. (Doug J. Williams, pers. comm.). Also known on Annona spp., Citrus spp., Cucurbita spp., Marsdenia nigriflora and Rosa chinensis .

NOTE. — Rated as an economic species. Many different ant genera attend this species ( Williams & Watson 1988b).