Current status of Pseudococcidae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in South Korea

Authors

  • Ah-Ram Son
  • Soo-Jung Suh

Keywords:

Mealybugs, dichotomous key, identifi cation, adventive species.

Abstract

Thirty-one species of mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) are reported from South Korea based upon monitoring surveys conducted from 2010 to 2016, along with a dichotomous key to separate them. Six species, Nipaecoccus nipae (Maskell), Palmicultor lumpurensis (Takahashi), Planococcus citri (Risso), Pseudococcus dendrobiorum Williams, Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni-Tozzetti), and Pseudococcus orchidicola Takahashi, known only to occur in greenhouses, are considered as adventive mealybug species to South Korea; of these, P. citri has already established in the exterior environment in South Korea.

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Published

2017-12-05