Genus Australiputo Williams, 1985

Museums

Regional Maps

• Australiputo Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. [60].

  Type species:

   Pseudococcus casuarinae Maskell, 1893 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Gullan, P.J. 2021. Australian mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae): resurrection of the genus Australiputo Williams and description of a new genus and species on Pomaderris (Rhamnaceae). Australian Entomologist 48: 1-16 [3] (resurrected from synonymy with Ceroputo Šulc, 1898).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP)

ID Keys

(Williams, D.J., 1985) [61] (female; species Australia); (Williams, D.J., 1985) [36] (female; Australia)

GENERAL

Good definition and characters given by Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 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. [54] (catalogue)

Gullan, P.J. 2021. Australian mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae): resurrection of the genus Australiputo Williams and description of a new genus and species on Pomaderris (Rhamnaceae). Australian Entomologist 48: 1-16

Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. [35, 60-61] (taxonomy, description)

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