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Hemiberlesia palmae Coccoidea

Description

Hemiberlesia palmae (Cockerell)

Material studied. Colombia. Valle del Cauca: Alcalá: Finca Los Alpes, 04°42 24.8 N, 75°49 01.0 W, 1194 m, 02.xii.2008, ex avocado cv. ‘ Lorena’, coll. J. Muñoz, 1 (UVCO); Same data except 04°17 56 N, 75°53 00 W, 1376 m, 28.x.2008, coll. J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ‘ Booth’, 1 (UVCO); Same data except, coordinates and altitude not given, 9.xii.2008, ex avocado ‘ Booth’ 8, 1 (UVCO); Caicedonia: Finca El Palmar, 04°17 56 N, 75°53 00 W, 1376 m, 28.x.2008, coll. J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’), 1 (UVCO), 2 (MECP); Same data, except 4.xi.2008, 1 (MECP); El Cerrito: Finca La Alvecia, 03°38 51.1 N, 76°06 14.7 W, 1925 m, 19.xii.2008, coll. A. Arias, ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’), 1 (MECP).

Distribution. Cosmopolitan (Ben-Dov et al. 2015).

Remarks. We found H. palmae on the twigs of ‘Lorena’ and ‘Booth 8’ cultivars. Originally described from Jamaica and reported from many tropical countries on numerous host plants (Williams and Watson 1988a). This diaspidid species has been considered a pest of oil palm and banana in Malaysia where it can be found in large numbers on the leaves of these plants (Borchsenius 1966).

Notes

Published as part of Kondo, Takumasa & Muñoz, Jazmín Adriana, 2016, Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) associated with avocado crop, Persea americana Mill. (Lauraceae) in Valle del Cauca and neighboring departments of Colombia, pp. 1-24 in Insecta Mundi 2016 (465) on page 6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4645809

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MECP , UVCO , UVCO, MECP
Event date
2008-10-28 , 2008-11-04 , 2008-12-02 , 2008-12-09 , 2008-12-19
Verbatim event date
2008-10-28 , 2008-11-04 , 2008-12-02 , 2008-12-09 , 2008-12-19
Scientific name authorship
Coccoidea
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Diaspididae
Genus
Hemiberlesia
Species
palmae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Hemiberlesia palmae (Cockerell, 1892) sec. Kondo & Muñoz, 2016

References

  • Ben-Dov, Y., D. R. Miller, and G. A. P. Gibson. 2015. ScaleNet: a database of the scale insects of the world. (Available at ~ http: // www. sel. barc. usda. gov / scalenet / scalenet. htm /. Last accessed August 2015.)
  • Williams, D., and G. Watson. 1988 a. The scale insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Part 1. The armoured scales (Diaspididae). C. A. B. International Institute of Entomology. London. 291 p.
  • Borchsenius, N. 1966. A catalogue of the armoured scale insects (Diaspidoidea) of the world. Nauka, Moscow, Leningrad, Russia. 449 p.