Species Torarchus endocanthium Gullan & Stewart, 1996
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder.
GENERAL
Good description and illustration of adult female by Gullan, P.J. & Stewart, A.C. 1996. A new genus and species of ant-associated coccid (Hemiptera: Coccidae: Myzolecaniinae) from Canthium Lam. (Rubiaceae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39: 307–314.
BIOLOGY
Lives in chambers of an ant, Podomyrma sp., inside the stems of Canthium odoratum (see Gullan, P.J. & Stewart, A.C. 1996. A new genus and species of ant-associated coccid (Hemiptera: Coccidae: Myzolecaniinae) from Canthium Lam. (Rubiaceae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39: 307–314).
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 21-Nov-2012 | 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Jun-2012 | 29-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |