Redescription of the red-striped soft scale,Pulvinaria tenuivalvata(Newstead), with a new synonymy (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Coccidae).
The soft scale,Pulvinaria tenuivalvata(Newstead, 1911), is a major pest of sugarcane in Egypt. This paper provides a redescription and illustration of the adult female based on a microscopic study of the morphology of several adult female specimens and of the type series illustrated by De Lotto (1965) on citronella grass from Uganda. Two paratypes ofPulvinaria sacchariaDe Lotto, 1964 are also studied and the name is placed here as a junior synonym ofPulvinaria tenuivalvata.
Agricultural Research Centre, Plant Protection Research Institute, Scale Insects and Mealybugs Dept., Alexandria, Egypt; current: University of Hafr Albatin, Faculty of Sciences, Biology Dept., Saudi Arabia.
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Abdel-Razak
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB-UMR 7205 MNHN-CNRS-UPMC-EPHE, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 50, FR-75005 Paris, France.
Daniele
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Matile-Ferrero
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Mécanismes adaptatifs et Evolution, MECADEV-UMR 7179, MNHN-CNRS, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 50, FR-75005 Paris, France.
Adeline
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Soulier-Perkins
Coccidae; Egypt; pest; sugarcane; synonymy