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New records of some potential pest mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) in Japan

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Four species of mealybugs, Dysmicoccus neobrevipes, Phenacoccus defectus, Ph. parvus, and Ph. solenopsis (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) are recorded for the first time from Japan in the Ryûkyû (Ryukyu) Archipelago, with brief biological notes. We discuss some features of these species compared with those of related species, D. brevipes and Ph. solani, and we consider their potential risks to Japanese agriculture and/or horticulture.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Dr. Toru Shimizu, Ryukyu Sankei Co., Ltd., for collecting and sending us Ph. solenopsis specimens used in this study; and Dr. Yoshimitsu Higashiura, Yamaguchi Agriculture and Forestry General Technology Center, for primary identification of the parasitoid wasp of Ph. solenopsis, Aenasius sp. and for collecting and sending us Ph. solani specimens. We also thank Dr. Takumasa Kondo, Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (CORPOICA) and Dr. Keiko Natsuaki, Tokyo University of Agriculture, for reviewing our early version of the manuscript. This work was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) to HT (No. 1247006; head investigator, K. Tsuji).

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  1. Entomological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, University of the Ryukyus, Senbaru 1, Nishihara, Nakagami, Okinawa, 903-0213, Japan

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  2. Okinawa Prefectural Plant Protection Center, Maji 123, Naha, Okinawa, 902-0072, Japan

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Tanaka, H., Uesato, T. New records of some potential pest mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) in Japan. Appl Entomol Zool 47, 413–419 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13355-012-0134-6

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