Palmicultor lumpurensis ( Takahashi, 1951 )

Pellizzari, Giuseppina & Danzig, Evelyna, 2007, The bamboo mealybugs Balanococcus kwoni n. sp. and Palmicultor lumpurensis (Takahashi) (Hemiptera, Pseudococcidae), Zootaxa 1583, pp. 65-68 : 67-68

Palmicultor lumpurensis ( Takahashi, 1951)

Trionymus lumpurensis Takahashi, 1951: 12 ; Kwon, Danzig & Park, 2003 a: 417.

Palmicultor bambusum Tang, 1992: 597 . Synonymised by Williams, 2003: 68.

Saccharicoccus bambusus (Tang) , Fang et al., 2001:104. Change of combination.

Palmicultor lumpurensis (Takahashi) , Williams, 2003: 68, change of combination; Williams, 2004: 453.

According to the literature, the host plants and distribution of P. lumpurensis are as follows:

Host plants: Bambusa sp. ( Takahashi, 1951), Lingnania cerosissima ( Tang, 1992) , Bambusa blumeana , B. philippinensis ( Williams, 2004) , Phyllostachys sp. ( Kwon et al., 2003), B. oldhamii and A rundinaria sp. ( Hodges & Hodges, 2004) (Fam. Gramineae).

Distribution: China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, Australia (Queensland) ( Williams, 2003; 2004); South Korea, ( Kwon et al., 2003), USA (Florida) ( Hodges & Hodges, 2004).

In addition to the above information reported in the literature, further information on this species can be found in the following links: http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/enpp/ento/t-lumpurensis.html; http://www.bamboocraft.net/forum; and http://www.texasbamboosociety.org.

They indicate that P. lumpurensis , first recorded in Florida in 2002, has spread to several counties in Florida, Texas and California ( USA), and is affecting several other species of Bambusa ( B. multiplex , B. beecheyana , B. textiles and B. tuldoides ).