Valid Names Results

Antonina pretiosa Ferris, 1953 (Pseudococcidae: Antonina)

Nomenclatural History

Antonina pretiosa Ferris 1953a: 298. Type data: U.S.A.: California, Los Angeles County, Montebello, on 'giant bamboo'. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Antonina pretosa Ferris, 1953; Laflin, Gullan & Parella 2004: 476. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

noxious bamboo mealybug McKenz1967

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 8

Moraceae

Ficus | JansenAl2023

Poaceae

Arundinaria gigantea | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
Bambusa | BenDov1994 HendriKo1999 McKenz1967
Bambusa balcooa | HendriKo1999
Bambusa bambos | MehmudGhCh2024
Bambusa multiplex | DownieGu2004 HendriKo1999 Willia2004a | (= Bambusa nana)
Bambusa oldhamii | PadillMaNa2016
Bambusa textilis | Wu2001
Bambusa tuldoides | WuLuNa2012 | (= Bambusa ventricosa)
Bambusa vulgaris | HendriKo1999
Dendrocalamus hamiltonii | GhoshMe2024
Indocalamus tessellatus | BenDov1994 Tang1992 TangHaTa1992 TangLi1988 | (= Sasa tessellata)
Otatea aztecorum | HendriKo1999 | (= Yushania aztecorum)
Phyllostachys aurea | HendriKo1999
Pseudosasa disticha | BenDov1994 HendriKo1999 WilliaGr1992 YangKo1967 | (= Bambusa disticha)(= Pleioblastus distichus)

Associates:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Betaproteobacteria

Candidatus Tremblaya princeps | ChoiLe2022

Formicidae

Technomyrmex albipes | MehmudGhCh2024

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 13

China | BenDov1994 HendriKo1999 Tang1992 TangHaTa1992

Beijing (=Peking) | WuLuNa2012
Fujian (=Fukien) | Wu2001
Guangdong (=Kwangtung) | Wu2001
Guangxi (=Kwangsi) | WuLuNa2012
Hunan | WuLuNa2012
Jiangxi (=Kiangsi) | Wu2001
Nei Monggol (=Inner Mongolia) | BenDov1994 TangLi1988 Wu2001
Shanxi (=Shansi) | Wu2001
Sichuan (=Szechwan) | Wu2001
Xianggang (=Hong Kong) | HendriKo1999 Wu2001
Xizang (=Tibet) | Wu2001
Yunnan | Wu2001
Zhejiang (=Chekiang) | Wu2001

Cuba | BenDov1994 HendriKo1999 WilliaGr1992

Hawaiian Islands

Maui | MatsunHoKu2019

India

Meghalaya | GhoshMe2024

Indonesia

Irian Jaya | Gavril2013
Sulawesi (=Celebes) | ZarkanFaPr2023
Sumatra | ZarkanFaPr2023

Malaysia

Malaya | HendriKo1999 Willia2004a

Mexico

Morelos | PadillMaNa2016

Netherlands | JansenAl2023

Portugal | UlgentPoPe2014

Singapore | ChenWoWu2012

Sri Lanka | JansenAl2023

Taiwan | HendriKo1999 Wu2001

United States

California | BenDov1994 DownieGu2004 Ferris1953a HendriKo1999 NurBrBe1987
Florida | BenDov1994 Ferris1953a HendriKo1999
Georgia | HendriKo1999
Illinois | HendriKo1999
Louisiana | HendriKo1999
Maryland | HendriKo1999

Keys

ZarkanFaPr2023: pp.11-12 ( Adult (F) ) [Preudococcidae on bamboo in Indonesia]
WanWu2016: pp.12 ( First instar ) [Known species of Antonina]
DanzigGa2015: pp.511 ( Adult (F) ) [Antonina species]
WuLuNa2012: pp.36 ( First instar ) [Key to species of genus Antonina based on the morphology of first-instar nymphs]
WuLuNa2012: pp.38 ( Second instar (F) ) [Key to species of genus Antonina based on the morphology of second-instar female nymphs]
WuLuNa2012: pp.28 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Antonina Signoret currently known from China based the morphology of the adult females]
Willia2004a: pp.52-53 ( Adult (F) ) [Antonina species southern Asia]
WilliaMi2002: pp.909 ( Adult (F) ) [Species on Bamboo]
Wu2001: pp.48 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
HendriKo1999: pp.96 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
Tang1992: pp.20 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
Wang1982TC: pp.25 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
McKenz1967: pp.74 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., California]
YangKo1967: pp.11, 51 ( Immature (F) ) [World]
Ferris1953a: pp.289 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

Structure: The species has disc-like pores in a ventral submedian cluster, forming a band from abdominal segment II posteriorly around the abdomen. Multilocular disc pores restricted to a few, situated lateral to opening of anal tube on dorsum. (Zarkani, et al., 2023) Nur et al. (1987) reported chromosome number 2n=24 and sexual reproduction. Color photograph given by Johnson & Lyon (1988).
Biology: Occurring high on the stems of bamboo, especially in the nodes and under the bracts.
Economic Importance: Heavy infestations produce a very unsightly condition of the bamboo (Ferris, 1950; McKenzie, 1967).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1953a), McKenzie (1967) Tang & Li (1988), Tang (1992), Williams & Granara de Willink (1992) and by Williams (2004a). Description and illustration of first-instar nymph and female second-instar nymph by Yang & Kosztarab (1967).

Illustrations

Ferris1953a

Citations

BenDov1994: catalog, 41
BugajNJuKa2021: distribution, host, list, 306
ChenWoWu2012: distribution, taxonomy, 299
ChoiLe2022: endosymbiont, phylogeny, 358,359
DanzigGa2015: biology, distribution, key, 511, 520-521
DowellGiJe2016: distribution, 118
DownieGu2004: distribution, host, molecular data, phylogeny, 258-259
Ferris1953a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 298-299
Gavril2013: distribution, 69
Gavril2016a: cytogenetics, taxonomy, 591-592
Gavril2018: reproduction, 218
GhoshMe2024: diagnosis, host, host distribution, illustration,
HardyGuHo2008: molecular data, phylogeny, taxonomy, 51-71
HendriKo1999: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 113-116
HodgesHo2004: distribution, host, 396-397
JansenAl2023: dispersal, host, 29,35
JohnsoLy1988: illustration,
KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 23
LaflinGuPa2004: distribution, host, 475-477
MartinLa2011: catalog, distribution, host, 47
MatsunHoKu2019: distribution, host, 9
McKenz1967: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 78-80
MehmudGhCh2024: ant association, distribution, host,
NurBrBe1987: distribution, 54
PadillMaNa2016: distribution, host, 557
RossHaOk2012: phylogeny, taxonomy, 199
Tang1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 24-25, 694
TangHaTa1992: distribution, host, 1
TangLi1988: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 17, 19
Tao1999: distribution, host, taxonomy, 9
UlgentKaSi2015: distribution, host, 60
UlgentPoPe2014: distribution, host, illustration, 79, 80
WanWu2016: history, 11
WangVaXu1998: distribution, host, 3
Willia2004a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 74-76
WilliaMi2002: key, taxonomy, 909
Wu2001: distribution, host, taxonomy, 45
Wu2001b: host, 251
WuLuNa2012: distribution, host, taxonomy, 27,28,36,38
YangKo1967: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 30-33
ZarkanApTu2021: distribution, host, 176
ZarkanFaPr2023: distribution, host, illustration, key, 11, 12