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Antonia pretiosa Ferris

Description

Antonia pretiosa Ferris

Antonina pretiosa Ferris, 1953: 298; Wang, 1982: 126; 2001: 35; Tang & Li, 1988: 17; Tang, 1992: 24; Hendricks & Kosztarab, 1999: 115; Wu, 200: 45.

Distribution. Beijing, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Hunan, Nei Mongol (= Inner Mongolia), Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan.

Host plants. Bambusa multiplex, B. textiles, B. ventricosa, B. vulgaris (Poaceae).

Biology. Living in axils of branches.

Material examined: 3ƤƤ, BEIJING: Zizhu park, host plant, date and coll. unknown; 11ƤƤ, BEIJING: Changping county, on Bambusa vulgaris, 18 Nov. 2009, coll. San-an Wu; 8ƤƤ, BEIJING: Summer Palace, on B. ventricosa, 2 July 1981, coll. unknown; 5ƤƤ, GUANGDONG: Shenzhen city, on B. textiles, 30 Aug. 1984, coll. Shi-jun Wu; 2ƤƤ, GUANGXI: Nanning city, on bamboo, 15 Aug. 1995 coll. Shi-jun Wu; 1Ƥ, GAUNGXI: Nanning city, on B. ventricosa, 15 Nov. 2009, coll. San-an Wu; 5ƤƤ, HUNAN; Changsha city, on B. vulgaris, 21 Oct. 2009, coll. San-an Wu; 4ƤƤ, HUNAN; Changsha city, on B. multiplex, 21 Oct. 2009, coll. San-an Wu; 8ƤƤ, SICHUAN; Chengdu, on bamboo, 12 July 2004, coll. San-an Wu; 14ƤƤ, YUNNAN: Kunming, on bamboo, 16 Sept. 1999, Coll. San-an Wu.

Notes

Published as part of Wu, San-An, Lu, Yuan & Nan, Nan, 2012, A review of the genus Antonina Signoret in China (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae), with description of a new species, pp. 27-42 in Zootaxa 3514 on page 39, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.282571

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Ferris
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Bombyliidae
Genus
Antonia
Species
pretiosa
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Ferris, G. F. (1953) Atlas of the Scale Insects of North America, v. 6, The Pseudococcidae (Part II). Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, California. 506 pp.
  • Wang, Z. Q. (1982) Economic insect fauna of China (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). Science Press, Beijing, China, 24, 119 pp.
  • Tang, F. T. & Li, J. (1988) Observations on the Coccoidea of Inner Mongolia in China. Inner Mongolia University Press. 227 pp.
  • Tang, F. T. (1992) The Pseudococcidae of China. Chinese Agricultural Science Technology Press, Beijing, China. 768 pp.
  • Hendricks, H. & Kosztarab, M. 1999. Revision of the Tribe Serrolecaniini (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). de Gruyter, Berlin & New York. xiv + 213 pp.