Rastrococcus tropicasiaticus Williams

Zarkani, Agustin, Ercan, Cansu, Apriyanto, Dwinardi & Kaydan, Mehmet Bora, 2023, Studies on mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Indonesia, with description of a new species and three new country records, Zootaxa 5228 (2), pp. 157-172 : 170

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5228.2.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0B15B8F9-142C-4785-8CD8-D24409FA733E
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7532338
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EB87E0-1362-7A3F-B592-4091B167FC54
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Rastrococcus tropicasiaticus Williams
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Material examined. INDONESIA, Sumatra I., Bengkulu Province, Seluma district, Air Periukan, on Azadirachta excelsa (Jack) M. Jacobs (Meliaceae) , 10 m a.s.l., 3°59′07.1″ S, 102°25′37.4″ E, 1.v.2019, coll.A. Zarkani, (AZ336), 1 ♀.

Comments. Zarkani et al. (2021) reported R. tropicasiaticus for the first time in Indonesia (Bengkulu) on A. excelsa (Meliaceae) , Cerbera manghas L. ( Apocynaceae ), Dimocarpus longan Lour. (Sapindaceae) , Ficus sp. (Moraceae) , and Tectona grandis L. ( Lamiaceae ). It is also known to live on woody plants and wild grass in parts of southern Asia such as Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam ( Williams 2004).