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Aulacaspis (Homoptera: Diaspididae) on sugarcane and other Saccharum spp. (Gramineae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

D.J. Williams  and
Gillian W. Watson
D.J. Williams
Affiliation:
c/o Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
Gillian W. Watson*
Affiliation:
International Institute of Entomology, London, UK
*
Dr G.W. Watson, International Institute of Entomology, 56 Queen's Gate, London SW7 5JR, UK.
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Abstract

A brief review is given of species of Coccoidea found on sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) in the island of New Guinea. A key and comments on all the species of Aulacaspis that have been recorded on sugarcane and other Saccharum spp. throughout the world is presented. The scale insect Aulacaspis neoguineensis Williams & Watson sp. n. is described from specimens on sugarcane intercepted at Washington, DC, USA from Papua New Guinea because it is a potential pest of sugarcane. It is compared with A. madiunensis (Zehntner), a closely-related species often injurious to sugarcane in southern Asia, Australia and Africa.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 83 , Issue 4 , December 1993 , pp. 649 - 654
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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