First record of Pulvinaria urbicola Cockerell (Hemiptera: Coccidae), a potentially damaging scale insect, on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean

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dc.contributor.authorNeumann, Gabor
dc.contributor.authorO'Dowd, Dennis J.
dc.contributor.authorGullan, Penny J
dc.contributor.authorGreen, Peter T.
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T23:19:34Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T12:04:10Z
dc.description.abstractPulvinaria urbicola Cockerell, a pulvinariine soft scale (Hemiptera: Coccidae), is a broad host-plant generalist, produces honeydew and is commonly tended by ants, including the invasive yellow crazy ant Anoplolepis gracilipes Smith and big-headed ant Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius). Pu. urbicola is implicated in dieback of forest dominated by Pisonia grandis (Nyctaginaceae) on many Indo-Pacific islands. Here we report detection of Pu. urbicola on Christmas Island (Indian Ocean), describe the potential impacts of the association of this trophobiont with introduced ants, and briefly outline biosecurity and management issues. On Christmas Island, Pu. urbicola represents a threat to stands of Pi. grandis, potentially threatens the dominant forest tree Pi. umbellifera, and could exacerbate supercolony formation and impacts of the yellow crazy ant.
dc.identifier.issn1226-8615
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/65957
dc.publisherKorean Society of Applied Entomology
dc.sourceJournal of Asia-Pacific Entomology
dc.subjectKeywords: Anoplolepis gracilipes; Ant-scale mutualism; Biological control; Invasive species; Pisonia; Pulvinaria urbicola
dc.titleFirst record of Pulvinaria urbicola Cockerell (Hemiptera: Coccidae), a potentially damaging scale insect, on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue1
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage30
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage27
local.contributor.affiliationNeumann, Gabor, La Trobe University
local.contributor.affiliationO'Dowd, Dennis J., Monash University
local.contributor.affiliationGullan, Penny J, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationGreen, Peter T., La Trobe University
local.contributor.authoremailu8100758@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidGullan, Penny J, u8100758
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor050103 - Invasive Species Ecology
local.identifier.absseo960415 - Pre-Border Biosecurity
local.identifier.ariespublicationu9511635xPUB1191
local.identifier.citationvolume17
local.identifier.doi10.1016/j.aspen.2013.09.001
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84886049334
local.identifier.thomsonID000331484600005
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu9511635
local.type.statusPublished Version

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