Collector J.-F . Vayssi ères, 9/10/2007at Natitingou..
Described from India, A n d r a Pradeh b y Newstead , 1894 on Panicum sp. ( Poaceae) under the name Aspidiotus orientalis .
Economic importance : reported as pest of Citrus, Tea, date palm, papaya, mango. Distribution : widely distributed in tropical and subtropical areas, in Africa East and South part..
Host-plants : highly polyphagous developing on more than seventy botanical families. Collector J.-F . Vayssi ères, 18/05/2006 at Tchatchou and N’Dali.
Described from Jamaica under the name of Dactylopius virgatus b y Cockerell, 1893, on grass .
Economic importance : minor pest. Distribution : Pantropical . Host-plants : highly polyphagous. Collector J.-F . Vayssi ères, 05/05/2007 in Tchatchou.
Described under the name of Icerya euphorbiae by Brain, 1915 from South Africa, on Euphorbia tree.
Economic importance: not known as pest. Distribution : restricted to South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Host-plants : belonging at lesat to six botanical families in which Euphorbiaceae , Fabaceaeand Moraceae.
Collector J.-F . Vayssi ères, 04052005 at N’Dali. .
Described from Uganda on coffee under the name Icerya nigroareolata b y Newstead , 1 9 1 7 . Economic importance : not known as pest.
Distribution : known distribution restricted to Uganda, Ghana, Kenya and Zair e. Host-plants : Acalypha and Croton (Euphorbiaceae) , Coffea (Rubiaceae) and Theobroma cacao (Sterculiaceae) .
Collector J.-F. Vayssières, 06/04/2006 at Kakara (O.B.), also found at Tchatchou, Komi, Korobouro , Dassa Akbowele, N’Dali. .
Described under the name of Lecanium catori by Green in 1915 from Nigeria on kola nut.
Economic importance : minor pest. Distribution: afrotropicalfrom Senegal to Sudan.
Host-plants : polyphagous, sixteen bontanical families in which Anacardiaceae, Rubiaceae and Rutaceae.
Collector J.-F . Vayssi ères, 04/05/2007 at Ina (I.S.). Described by De Lotto, 1965 from Kenya, Ruiru, on Coffea arabica . Economic importance : minor pest.
Distribution : East and south Africa (from Eritrea to South Africa). Given from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, Egypt, Israel, Turkey and Greece.
Host-plants : Polyphagous at least ten botanical families in which Rubiaceae, Rutaceae and Solanaceae .
Collector J.-F . Vayssi ères, 04/04/2007 in Tchatchou (S.D.) .
Described from Zimbabwe by Hall, 1931on Uapaca kirkiana (Euphorbiaceae) e t Eugiana malaccensis (Myrtaceae) .
Economic importance :
Distribution : widespread in sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal to South Africa. Host-plants : polyphagous o n heigth botanical families in which Euphorbiacea , Myrtaceae and Rutaceae.
J.-F. Germain*, J.-F. Vayssières ** and D. Matile-Ferrero***
* LNPV-station d’entomologie . CBGP, Campus international de Baillarguet. CS 30016 F-34988 Montferrier-sur-Lez cedex. France. germain@supagro.inra.fr
** IITA -CIRAD 08 B.P. 0932 Tri postal. Cotonou, République du B énin. J.vayssieres@cgiar.org
*** MNHN, Département « Systématique et Évolution », USM 602 « Taxonomie et Collections », CP 50, F-75231 Paris cedex 05. France. dmatile @mnhn.fr
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List of species recorded from Benin on mango
tree
(*: first report of the species in this country )
Inventory of scale insects developing on Mango is given for Benin, Giagantococcus euphorbiae, Gigantococcus nigroareolatus,
Ceroplastes uapacae, Parasaissetia nigra, Saissetia privigna, Udinia catori , Ferrisia virgata , Paracoccus interceptus , Phenacoccus
solenopsis, Rastrococcus invadens , Aonidiella orientalis, Lepidosaphes tapleyi. Among 12 identified species, 11 are noted for the first
time in Benin. They were collected on leaves and on mangoes (petioles and fruits). Most of them are associated and protected by ants
as Udinia catori by the weaver ants Oecophylla longinoda.
Gigantococcus euphorbiae
Gigantococcus nigroareolatus
Udinia catori
Saissetia privigna
Ceroplastes uapacae
Parasaissetia nigra
Ferrisia virgata
Rastrococcus invadens
Paracoccus interceptus
Phenacoccus solenopsis
Aonidiella orientalis
Lepidosaphes tapleyi
Collector J.-F . Vayssi ères, 06/04/2006 at Tchatcou, alos at Dassa Akbowele, Save Diho..
Described on the name Lecanium nigrum b y Nietner , 1861, from Sri Lanka on coffee. Economic importance : minor pest.
Distribution : Cosmopolitan species. Host-plants : very polyphagous species.
Collector J.-F . Vayssi èr e, 24/02/2006 at Parakou (Mntry), then at Parakou Koro.. Described from Pakistan by Williams, 1986 on Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae) . Economic importance : Pest of mango
Distribution : oriental and spreading in tropical Africa.
Host-plants : very polyphagous developing on about thirty botanical families. Collector J.-F . vayssières, 24/02/2006 at Komi and N’Dali , Ina.
Described from.Philippines by Ezzat & McConnell, 1956, under the name Allococcus morrisonio n Lansium domesticum (Meliaceae) .
Economic importance : minor pest . Distribution : oriental from India to Indonesia. Host-plants : developing on eighteen botanical families.
Collectors J.-F . Vayssi ères, 22/06/2006 at Tchatchou.
Described from USA (New -Mexico), found on ant, Solenopsis geminata Fabricius by Tinsley, 1898
Economic importance : injurious to cotton
Distribution : Neotropical and nearctic , also in China, India, Pakistan, Nigeria and Cameroon.
Host-plants : Developing on about fifty botanical families of which Cucurbitaceae .
Collector J.-F . Vayssi èr e, 23/06/2007 at Parakou Koro.
Described from Sudan, Shendio n Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae)by Williams, 1960. Economic importance: pest of sugar cane.
Distribution : Sudan, Egypt, Tanzania, India, Indonesia and some Pacific islands. Host-plants : developing on seventeen botanical families.
