New scale insect (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea) records from Fiji: three new species, records of several new invasive species and an updated checklist of Coccoidea
Author
Hodgson, Chris J.
Author
Łagowska, Bozena
text
Zootaxa
2011
2766
1
29
journal article
47983
10.5281/zenodo.205749
79982722-90be-4519-a2d7-dbf53cf10cfb
1175-5326
205749
Paracoccus
Ezzat & McConnell
Paracoccus
Ezzat & McConnell, 1956
: 37
.
Type
species:
Pseudococcus burnerae
Brain
by original designation.
The genus
Paracoccus
is generally included in the tribe Planococcini, diagnosed by the presence of sclerotised anal lobe bars.
Paracoccus
is almost certainly paraphyletic but, as presently understood, has a wide distribution in temperate and tropical regions of the world and now includes about 80 species (
Williams, 2004
). Here we describe another species in this genus which is somewhat unusual in possessing enlarged dorsal setae. This suggests some similarity to
Nipaecoccus
Šulc
but we think it fits better into
Paracoccus
.