Dysmicoccus neobrevipes Beardsley, 1959 Dysmicoccus neobrevipes Beardsley, 1959: 31. MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Sarraméa County, 12. VI.2002, on roots of Ananas comosus, C. Mille coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. (NZAC, CXMNC). PUBLISHED RECORDS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Mille (2011). DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. — All over the New Caledonian Archipelago. OTHER RECORDS. — North and South America, Asia, Pacific Ocean. HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Ananas comosus, Annona spp. and Cucurbita pepo. NOTES. — This species was found in association with D. brevipes on pineapple and also on Annona spp. Like the previous species, D. neobrevipes is a potential vector of Pineapple Mealybug Wilt Disease, and is therefore also rated as an economic pest.

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 page 148, DOI: 10.5252/z2016n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/4578222