Genus Asteliacoccus Williams, 1985

Museums

Regional Maps

• Asteliacoccus Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. [51].

  Type species:

   Asteliacoccus margaretae Williams, 1985 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Tas: Tasmanian South East (TSE)

ID Keys

(Cox, J.M., 1987) [13] (female; New Zealand); (Williams, D.J., 1985) [38] (female; Australia).

GENERAL

Good definition and characters given by Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. and by Cox, J.M. 1987. Pseudococcidae (Insecta: Hemiptera). In, Duval, C.T. (ed). Fauna of New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand : DSIR Science Information Publishing Centre Vol. 11 229 pp..

General References

Ben-Dov, Y. 1994. A Systematic Catalogue of the Mealybugs of the World (Insecta: Homoptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae and Putoidae) with Data on Geographical Distribution, Host Plants, Biology and Economic Importance. Andover, UK : Intercept Limited 686 pp. [46] (catalogue)

Cox, J.M. 1987. Pseudococcidae (Insecta: Hemiptera). In, Duval, C.T. (ed.). Fauna of New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand : DSIR Science Information Publishing Centre Vol. 11 229 pp. [18] (taxonomy, description)

Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. [38, 51] (taxonomy, description)

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