Toumeyella parvicornis(TOUMPA)
Distribution details in Turks and Caicos Islands
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2020: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2005
First recorded in: 2005
First found in 2005, causing severe decline and high mortality on Pinus caribaea var. bahamensis (endemic species to the Bahaman Archipelago).
* Malumphy C (2020) Bug hunting tales: recording invasive alien plant pests in Montserrat, West Indies. BGjournal 17(1), 8-10. https://www.bgci.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BGjournal17.1MRred.pdf
* Malumphy C, Hamilton MA, Manco BN, Green PW, Sanchez MD, Corcoran M, Salamanca E (2012) Toumeyella parvicornis (Hemiptera: Coccidae), causing severe decline of Pinus caribaea var. bahamensis in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Florida Entomologist 95(1), 113-119.
------- Severe decline, high mortality in Turks & Caicos.
* Ross MS, O'Brien JJ, Ford R, Zhang K, Morkill A (2009) Disturbance and the rising tide: the challenge of biodiversity management on low-island ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7(9), 471-478. https://doi.org/10.1890/070221
------- Causing mortality in Caribbean pine (Pinus caribaea var bahamensis), especially in low-lying areas, where pines are already stressed by rising sea level.
* Segarra-Carmona AE, Cabrera-Asencio I (2010) Toumeyella parvicornis (Cockerell) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae): a new invasive pest of pine trees in Puerto Rico. Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 94 (1/2), 175-177.
* Malumphy C, Hamilton MA, Manco BN, Green PW, Sanchez MD, Corcoran M, Salamanca E (2012) Toumeyella parvicornis (Hemiptera: Coccidae), causing severe decline of Pinus caribaea var. bahamensis in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Florida Entomologist 95(1), 113-119.
------- Severe decline, high mortality in Turks & Caicos.
* Ross MS, O'Brien JJ, Ford R, Zhang K, Morkill A (2009) Disturbance and the rising tide: the challenge of biodiversity management on low-island ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7(9), 471-478. https://doi.org/10.1890/070221
------- Causing mortality in Caribbean pine (Pinus caribaea var bahamensis), especially in low-lying areas, where pines are already stressed by rising sea level.
* Segarra-Carmona AE, Cabrera-Asencio I (2010) Toumeyella parvicornis (Cockerell) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae): a new invasive pest of pine trees in Puerto Rico. Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 94 (1/2), 175-177.