A first record of mealybug, Planococcus bendovi Williams (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) in Southeast Asia
Planococcus bendovi Williams (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) is a mealybug species that holotype and paratypes specimens were only recorded from India as a single slide. A series of surveys have been set up in Bengkulu province, Indonesia in 2021 and recorded the occurrence of P. bendovi...
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| Language: | English |
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Pusat Sistematik Serangga, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2022
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19373/1/52185-181132-1-PB.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19373/ https://ejournal.ukm.my/serangga/issue/view/1475/showToc |
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| Summary: | Planococcus bendovi Williams (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) is a mealybug
species that holotype and paratypes specimens were only recorded from India as a single slide.
A series of surveys have been set up in Bengkulu province, Indonesia in 2021 and recorded the
occurrence of P. bendovi in the country. The species was found on the leaves, trunks, and
branches of a semi-parasitic plant, Loranthus pentandrus L. (Loranthaceae). This is the first
report of P. bendovi in Indonesia as well as Southeast Asia. |
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