Planococcus bagmaticus Williams*+

Zarkani, Agustin, Fauzi, Ariffatchur, Apriyanto, Dwinardi & Bora Kaydan, Mehmet, 2023, Mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Pseudococcidae) on parasitic plants (Loranthaceae) in Indonesia with description of a new species and a new country record, ZooKeys 1167, pp. 199-210 : 199

Planococcus bagmaticus Williams*+

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Material examined.

Indonesia, Sumatra, Bengkulu Province, Seluma City, Air Periukan , on Loranthus sp. ( Loranthaceae ), living on Theobroma cacao tree ( Theobroma cacao L.), 30 m a.s.l., 04°01'37″S, 102°24'50″E, 08.vii.2022, coll. A. Zarkani (AZ1112-1114), 6 ♀♀ .

Comments.

The holotype and paratypes specimens were recorded from Nepal, all in a single slide and deposited at Entomological Institute, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan (HUSJ) and Natural History Museum, United Kingdom, London (BMNH), respectively. It was originally recorded from Trachelospermum sp. ( Apocynaceae ) ( Williams 2004). This is the second report of the species after Takagi collected the species from Kathmandu Valley, Bagmati, Godavari-Nepal in 1975 ( Williams 2004). It is the only known species of Planococcus in southern Asia with dorsal multilocular disc pores. The species is closed to Planococcus epulus De Lotto described from Kenya which also has dorsal multilocular disc pores, but P. epulus possesses dorsal transverse rows of oral collar tubular ducts, whereas in P. bagmaticus , all dorsal oral collar tubular ducts are restricted to small lateral groups on abdominal segments VI and VII. The species was sometimes found mixed with specimens of P. jackbeardsleyi .

Figures

Figure 3. Adult female of Planococcus bagmaticus Williams. Specimen from Indonesia.