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Sap-sucking insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha and Thysanoptera: Thripidae) collected in Java, Sumatra and Sulawesi were identified. From 28 samples collected on 9 crop and ornamental host-plant species, 21 species of sap-sucking insects were identified, 12 (57%) of which were new island distribution records. This suggests that the Indonesian insect fauna has not been documented for a long time. The new distribution records are: from Java, Lepidosaphes gloverii (Packard) (Diaspididae); from Sumatra, Clavaspidiotus apicalis Takagi (Diaspididae); and from Sulawesi, Coccus hesperidum L. (Coccidae), Saissetia coffeae (Walker) (Coccidae), Aulacaspis yasumatsui Takagi (Diaspididae), Hemiberlesia palmae (Cockerell) (Diaspididae), Lepidosaphes tokionis (Kuwana) (Diaspididae), Microparlatoria fici (Takahashi) (Diaspididae), Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli (Cooley) (Diaspididae), Icerya aegyptiaca (Douglas) (Monophlebidae), I. pulchra (Leonardi) (Monophlebidae) and Selenothrips rubrocinctus (Giard) (Thripidae). Clavaspidiotus apicalis could become a potentially invasive pest of citrus. USAIDUnited States Agency for International Development (USAID) [EPP-A-00-0400016-00] We wish to thank Ms. Susan McCarthy (Branch Chief, California Department of Food and Agriculture Plant Pest Diagnostic Center, Sacramento, California, U.S.A.) for permitting the study of samples from Indonesia at this facility. Dr. Andrew Polaszek (Head of Division (Insects), Life Sciences Department, The Natural History Museum, London, U.K.) generously permitted access to the insect collection there. Dr. Kikin Hamzah Mutaqin (plant pathologist, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia) kindly assisted with the collection of samples in West Java. Dr. Douglass R. Miller (ARS, USDA, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, U.S.A.) and three anonymous reviewers kindly provided helpful critique of the manuscript. Support for this study was provided by USAID Cooperative Agreement No: EPP-A-00-0400016-00. Mention of trade names or commercial products in this publication are solely for the purpose of providing specific information and do not imply recommendation or endorsement by the institutions that employ the authors. |
