Dactylopius opuntiae (Cockerell, 1896) Coccus cacti opuntiae Cockerell, 1896: 35. MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Moindou County (Teremba), 20. VI.2001, on leaves of Opuntia?ficus-indica (Prickly Pear, “Figuier de Barbarie”), J-P. Kataoui coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. (NZAC, CXMNC); Boulouparis County (Îlot Daussy), 8.VIII.2009, on leaves of Opuntia spp., H. Jourdan coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. (NZAC). PUBLISHED RECORDS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Williams & Watson (1990). DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Grande Terre (Boulouparis and Moindou counties). HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Opuntia spp. (Cochereau & Mille, 2008). OTHER RECORDS. — Australasia, Central Europe, West Indies, Indian Ocean, Central and South America, southern Africa, South-East Asia, central Pacific. NOTE. — For more information, see below the section “Erroneous records from New Caledonia ”.

Published as part of Mille, Christian, Henderson, Rosa C., Cazères, Sylvie & Jourdan, Hervé, 2016, Checklist of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha) of New Caledonia, pp. 129-176 in Zoosystema 38 (2) on pages 135-136, DOI: 10.5252/z2016n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/4578222