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Drepanococcus chiton (Green)NOMENCLATURE:
Ceroplastodes chiton Green, 1908a: 32. Nomen nudum.
Ceroplastodes chiton Green, 1909a: 287. Type data: SRI LANKA: Maha Illuppalama, on Cassia sp. Lectotype female, by subsequent designation Williams & Watson, 1990: 102. Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK. Described: female.
Drepanococcus chiton; Williams & Watson, 1990: 102. Change of combination.
HOSTS: Anacardiaceae: Semecarpus magnifica [WilliaWa1990]. Annonaceae: Annona muricata [WilliaWa1990]. Caricaceae: Carica papaya [DanzigKo1990, WilliaWa1990]. Clusiaceae: Calophyllum inophyllum [WilliaWa1990]. Euphorbiaceae: Aleurites moluccana [TaoWoCh1983]. Fabaceae: Bauhinia [Green1937, Ali1971], Cajanus [Green1937], Cajanus cajan [Ali1971, ShafeeYoKh1989], Cajanus indicus [Green1908a, Green1937], Canavalia [Green1937, Ali1971, ShafeeYoKh1989], Cassia [Green1909a, Green1937, Ali1971], Dalbergia [WilliaWa1990], Gliricidia sepium [WilliaWa1990]. Lamiaceae: Coleus [WilliaWa1990]. Lauraceae: Litsea [WilliaWa1990]. Malvaceae: Thespesia propulnea [WilliaWa1990]. Moraceae: Ficus [Green1937, Ali1971, TaoWoCh1983, ShafeeYoKh1989], Ficus retusa [Ali1971, ShafeeYoKh1989]. Proteaceae: Grevillea papuana [WilliaWa1990]. Rhamnaceae: Colubrina [WilliaWa1990]. Rutaceae: Citrus aurantifolia [WilliaWa1990]. Solanaceae: Solanum [Ali1971, ShafeeYoKh1989], Solanum melongena [WilliaWa1990]. Sterculiaceae: Theobroma cacao [WilliaWa1990]. Theaceae: Camellia sinensis [ShafeeYoKh1989].
DISTRIBUTION: Australasian: Papua New Guinea [SzentI1961]; Solomon Islands. Oriental: Andaman Islands [Ali1971]; India [Green1908a, Ali1971, ShafeeYoKh1989, DanzigKo1990] (Himachal Pradesh [Ali1971], West Bengal [Ali1971]); Indonesia (Java [Ali1971]); Malaysia [Ali1971]; Sri Lanka [Green1909a, Green1937, Ali1971, DanzigKo1990]; Taiwan [Ali1971, DanzigKo1990]; Thailand [Ali1971]; Vietnam [DanzigKo1990]. Palaearctic: China [DanzigKo1990].
BIOLOGY: Buckley & Gullan (1991) showed, in Papua New Guinea, that attendance by the aggressive ant, Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius), reduces the rate of parasitization.
GENERAL REMARKS: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Tao et al. (1983), Tang (1991) and by Williams & Watson (1990).
KEYS: Green 1909a: 287 (female) [Ceylon].
CITATIONS: Ali1971 [host, distribution: 53]; BenDov1993 [catalogue: 107-108]; BuckleGu1991 [biological control, life history: 282-286]; DanzigKo1990 [host, distribution: 43]; Green1908a [taxonomy: 32]; Green1909a [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 287]; Green1937 [host, distribution: 312]; Ramakr1921a [host, distribution: 346]; Sassce1911 [catalogue: 65]; ShafeeYoKh1989 [host, distribution : 49]; SzentI1961 [host, distribution, economic importance: 127-147]; Takaha1928 [host, distribution: 345]; Takaha1929 [host, distribution: 68-69]; Takaha1952 [host, distribution: 17]; Tang1991 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 36-37]; Tao1978 [host, distribution: 79]; Tao1989 [distribution: 59]; Tao1999 [taxonomy, host, distribution: 56]; TaoWoCh1983 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 96-97]; Varshn1994 [host, distribution: 341]; Varshn2005 [taxonomy, host, distribution: 151]; WilliaWa1990 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 102-105]; Yang1982 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 183].
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