Species Australicoccus grevilleae (Fuller, 1899)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Dactylopius grevilleae Fuller, C. 1899. XIV. Notes and descriptions of some species of Western Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1899: 435-473 [454].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) Female (Probably lost according to Williams (1985).), AUSTRALIA: Western Australia, Swan River.
• Erium newmani Froggatt, W.W. 1916. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. (Part II [in part]). Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 27: 425-430, 568-577, 809-816, 883-888 [812].
• Amonostherium confusum Morrison, H. & Morrison, E.R. 1922. A redescription of the type species of the genera of Coccidae based on species originally described by Maskell. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60: 1-120 [48].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. [54] (synonymy of Erium newmani Froggatt, 1916; synonymy of Amonostherium confusum Morrison & Morrison, 1922)

Generic Combinations

• Australicoccus grevilleae (Fuller, 1899). —
  Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. [54] (change of combination)
• Pseudococcus grevilleae (Fuller, 1899). —
  Fernald, M.E. 1903. A catalogue of the Coccidae of the world. Bulletin of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College 88: 1-360 [102] (change of combination)
• Erium newmani Froggatt, 1916. —
  Lindinger, L. 1935. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Schildläuse (Coccidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 49: 121-123 [122]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Williams, D.J., 1985) [54] (female; Australia)

GENERAL

Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp..

Common Name References

Naumann, I.D., Ingram, R.J. & Floyd, R. 2002. Australian Insect Common Names, based on CSIRO Handbook of Australian Insect Names. 6th edn 1993. http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/. (Grevillea Mealybug)

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