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 2016-06-30 38 2 129 176 5VKZ6 (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).