Saccharicoccus sacchari ( Cockerell, 1895 )

Zhang, Jiang-Tao, Wu, Bo-Wen & Wu, San-An, 2018, A review of the genus Saccharicoccus Ferris, 1950 (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) in China, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4375 (1), pp. 127-135 : 133

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scientific name	Saccharicoccus sacchari ( Cockerell, 1895 )
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Saccharicoccus sacchari ( Cockerell, 1895) View in CoL

Dactylopius sacchari Cockerell 1895: 195 .

Pseudococcus sacchari ( Cockerell): Cockerell 1902 View in CoL : 252.

Erium sacchari (Cockerell) View in CoL : Lindinger 1935: 122.

Trionymus praegrandis James 1936: 200 View in CoL .

Trionymus sacchari (Cockerell) View in CoL : Zimmerman 1948: 266.

Saccharicoccus sacchari (Cockerell) View in CoL : Ferris 1950: 217; Wang 1982: 98, 2001: 91; Tao 1989: 58; Tang 1992: 217; Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin 2015: 94 –95.

Material examined, all from CHINA, detailed latitudes and longitudes unknown. Five adult females (on 1 slide), Fujian, Zhangzhou City, on Saccharum sinense (Poaceae) , 19.vii.2010, coll. Yan-Biao He; 5 adult females (on 1 slide), Guangdong, Zhanjiang City, on S. sinense , 17.vi.2010, coll. Yan-Biao He.

Host-plants. Saccharicoccus sacchari is only known on Poaceae . In China, it has been recorded on Imperata cylindrica , Miscanthus sp., M. sinensis , Oryza sativa , Saccharum officinarum , S. sinense and Sorghum bicolor ( Wang 1981, 1982, 2001; Yang 1982; Tang 1992; Wu 2009, 2009a; Tsai 2011).

Distribution. Afrotropical, Australasian, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic. In China: Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Tibet, Yunnan and Zhejiang provinces ( Wang 1981, 1982, 2001; Yang 1982; Tang 1992; Wu 2009, 2009a; Tsai 2011).

Biology. Saccharicoccus sacchari is always hidden under the leaf sheaths of its host-plants; each female lays 300–400 eggs in an ovisac. The eggs hatch in 3–5 days and complete development in 20–30 days. This mealybug is one of the most important pests of sugarcane in the sugarcane-growing regions in Guangxi ( Zhou et al. 1999; Qin et al. 2013).

References

Cockerell, T. D. A. (1895) A new mealy-bug on sugar cane. Journal of the Trinidad Field Naturalists' Club, 2, 195.

Cockerell, T. D. A. (1902) A catalogue of the Coccidae of South America. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 6, 250 - 257.

Danzig, E. M. & Gavrilov-Zimin, I. A. (2015) Palaearctic mealybugs (Homoptera: Coccinea: Pseudococcidae). Part 2. Subfamily Pseudococcinae. Fauna of Russia and neighbouring countries. New series. No. 149. Insecta: Hemiptera: Arthroidignatha. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, 619 pp.

Ferris, G. F. (1950) Atlas of the Scale Insects of North America. Series 5. The Pseudococcidae (Part I). Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, California, 278 pp.

James, H. C. (1936) New mealybugs from East Africa. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 85, 197 - 216. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1936. tb 00132. x

Lindinger, L. (1935) Neue Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Schildlause (Coccidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift, 49, 121 - 123.

Qin, Z. Q., Deng, Z. Y., Wei, J. J. & Huang, W. H. (2013) Investigation on occurrence and damage of pink sugarcane mealybug Saccharicoccus sacchari (Cockerell) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Guangxi sugarcane-growing area. Journal of Southern Agriculture, 44 (8), 1277 - 1281.

Tang, F. D. (1992) The Pseudococcidae of China. Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, 768 pp.

Tao, C. C. (1989) Scale insects name list of Taiwan, Republic of China. Taichung District Agricultural Improvement Station Research Report, 22, 57 - 70.

Tsai, M. Y. (2011) Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) of Taiwan. Doctoral Dissertation. Graduate Institute of Entomology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 603 pp.

Wang, Z. Q. (1981) Homoptera: Coccoidea. In: Insects of Xizang. Vol. I. Science Press, Beijing, pp. 283 - 293.

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Wang, Z. Q. (2001) Coccoidae: Pseudococcidae, Eriococcidae, Coccidae, Asterolecaniidae, Lecanodiaspididae, Cerococcidae, Aclerdidae. Fauna Sinica, Insecta, 22, xvii. Science Press, Beijing, 611 pp.

Yang, P. L. (1982) General Classification of Scale Insects in China. Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers, Shanghai, 425 pp.

Zhou, Z. H., Wang, Z. Y. & Chen, K. C. (1999) Atlas of control of pests, diseases, weeds and rats in sugarcane. Guangxi Science and Technology Press, Nanning, 246 pp.

Zimmerman, E. C. (1948) Homoptera: Sternorrhyncha. Insects of Hawaii, 5, 1 - 464.