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We’ve selected a few of the latest new geographic, host and species records for plant pests and diseases from CAB Abstracts. Records this month include reports on a new Pseudococcidae species on Monterey cypress in Tunisia, the first record of Phenacoccus madeirensis mealybug in Algeria and two new species of weevil in the Philippines.

• First record of the Madeira mealybug, Phenacoccus madeirensis green (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), in Jordan. Katbeh-Bader, A.; Al-Jboory, I. J.; Kaydan, M. B. (2019) Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 49 (2) 401-404.
• First record of the mealybug Phenacoccus madeirensis Green, 1923 (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) in Algeria. Guenaoui, Y.; Watson, G. W.; Labdaoui, Z. E. (2019) Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 49 (2) 352-354.
• New Pseudococcidae species on Cupressus macrocarpa in Tunisia: first report of Planococcus vovae. Kamel, M. B. H.; Mdellel, L.; Zouari, S.; Germain, J. F. (2019) Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 49 (2) 338-339.
• Eulachnus tuberculostemmatus on Alepo pine in Tunisia. Kamel, M. B. H.; Zouari, S.; Mdellel, L.; Rekik, A. (2019) Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 49 (2) 336-337.
• Cross-resistance to acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibitors associated with different mutations in Japanese foxtail (Alopecurus japonicus). Zhao Ning; Bi YaLing; Wu CuiXia; Wang DanDan; You LuDan; Liu WeiTang; Wang JinXin (2019) Weed Science 67 (4) 389-396.
• Isolation and identification of Xylogone ganodermophthora, a new record to China. Liu Kun; Zheng QiaoPing; Jiang Jun; Wu ZhiPeng (2019) Journal of Fungal Research 17 (2) 74-78.
• Two new species of the genus Pachyrhynchus Germar, 1823 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae) from the islands of Bohol and Mindanao in the Philippines. Yoshitake, H.; Bollino, M.; Sandel, F. (2019) Elytra 9 (1) 183-191.
• Comments on distribution records of some Pachyrhynchus species (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae). Yoshitake, H.; Bollino, M. (2019) Elytra 9 (1) 181-182.
• A new species of the genus Metapocyrtus Heller, 1912, subgenus Artapocyrtus Heller, 1912 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae) from Catanduanes Island, the Philippines. Bollino, M.; Yoshitake, H.; Sandel, F. (2019) Elytra 9 (1) 167-176.
• A new record of Shirahoshizo juglandis Zherichin (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Cryptorhynchinae) from Japan, with a biological note on its host plant association. Tsuji, N.; Hirowatari, T.; Morimoto, K. (2019) Elytra 9 (1) 151-153.

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