Genus Olliffia Fuller, 1897
- Olliffia Fuller, C. 1897. Some Coccidae of Western Australia. Journal of Western Australia Bureau of Agriculture 4: 1344-1346 [1345].
Type species:
Olliffia eucalypti Fuller, 1897 by monotypy.
GENERAL
Generic characters described by Fuller, C. 1899. XIV. Notes and descriptions of some species of Western Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1899: 435–473.
SYSTEMATICS
Generic characteristics that distinguish this genus from all other eriococcids are: enlarged setae absent, except on anal lobes; antennae segmented; legs absent; anal lobes joined by sclerotization anterior of lobes; cruciform pores present; microtubular ducts absent (Miller, F. 1999. Take control of scale infestations. American Nurseryman 190(10): 14; personal observation).
STRUCTURE
"Adult females are stationary, with somewhat conspicuous anal tubercles which approach those of an Eriococcus, but differ in having a chitinised prolongation of the dorsal arc of the anal opening, between them", see Fuller, C. 1899. XIV. Notes and descriptions of some species of Western Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1899: 435–473.
History of changes
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| 21-Nov-2012 | 21-Nov-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Jun-2012 | 29-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |