Sphaerococcus graminis Maskell, 1897: 244
Checklist of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha) of New Caledonia
Mille, Christian
Henderson, Rosa C.
Cazères, Sylvie
Jourdan, Hervé
Zoosystema
2016
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(Maskell, 1897)
Maskell
1897
[262,646,503,529]
Insecta
Pseudococcidae
Antonina
Animalia
Hemiptera
19
148
Arthropoda
species
graminis
Sphaerococcus graminis Maskell, 1897: 244.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Chesterfield Islands (Île Longue), 6.XI.2012, on stolons of Lepturus repens, H. Jourdancoll., Christopher Hodgson det. ( CXMNC). PUBLISHED RECORDSIN NEW CALEDONIA. — Collected in 1928 by Cockerell in Cohic (1956, 1958a); Brun & Chazeau (1986)and Williams & Watson (1988b).
DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. — No precise distribution on Grande Terre, but present in the Chesterfield Islands. OTHER RECORDS. — Almost cosmopolitan. HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Cynodon dactylon, Panicum maximum, Paspalumspp. and several other species of Poaceae ( Brun & Chazeau 1986). NOTES. — Cohic (1958a)recorded this species from the Isle of Pines and Grande Terre, distributed mainly on coastal areas. Recently recorded in the Chesterfield Islands, associated with the invasive and aggressive ant Wasmannia auropunctata( Jourdan & Bourguet 2013).