Pulvinaria elongata Newstead, 1917

Hosts. Polyphagous, reported from nine plant species belonging to three families (García Morales et al. 2016).

Diagnosis. On slide: adult female extremely elongate or elliptical; marginal setae with sharply or bluntly pointed apices; submarginal area of head and thorax with numerous, widespread ventral tubular ducts; multilocular pores present on thorax between mesothoracic and metathoracic coxa; ventral tubular ducts absent medially from thorax (Newstead 1917, Mamet 1958, Tanaka & Kondo 2015).

Distribution. Afrotropical, Australasian, Nearctic, Neotropical and Palaearctic regions. In Colombia, P. elongata was recorded in the departments of Risaralda and Valle del Cauca (Girón et al. 2005).

Economic importance. Pulvinaria elongata has been reported as a minor pest of sugarcane (Bustillo 2013) except when in a mutualistic association with Nylanderia fulva (Mayr) ( Hymenoptera: Formicidae), when it causes more serious damage (Gómez & Lastra 1995).

Material studied. COLOMBIA: Caldas, Filadelfia, Vda. Balmoral, 1617 m a.s.l., 05°16′04.73″N, 75°33′00.73″W, 26.iv.2016, coll. C. Cardona, ex leaves of sugarcane, S. officinarum, 10 ♀, UNAB voucher No. 1836 ; Valle del Cauca, Florida, Centro de Investigación para la Caña (Cenicaña), 21.iv.2004, ex stems of S. officinarum, 7 ♀, UNAB voucher No. 1507.