Genus Epicoccus Cockerell, 1902

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• Epicoccus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1902. New genera and species of Coccidae, with notes on known species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 9: 20-26 [24].

  Type species:

   Coccus acaciae Maskell, 1897 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

ID Keys

(Williams, D.J., 1985) [35] (female; Australia)

GENERAL

Good definition and characters given by Cockerell, T.D.A. 1902. New genera and species of Coccidae, with notes on known species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 9: 20–26, Brookes, H.M. 1982. Epicoccus Cockerell and its type-species, Epicoccus acaciae (Maskell), redescribed (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 21: 237–240 and 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. [148] (catalogue)

Brookes, H.M. 1982. Epicoccus Cockerell and its type-species, Epicoccus acaciae (Maskell), redescribed (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 21: 237-240 [237-238] (taxonomy, description)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1902. New genera and species of Coccidae, with notes on known species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 9: 20-26 [24-25] (taxonomy)

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 [89] (catalogue)

Morrison, H. & Morrison, E.R. 1966. An annotated list of generic names of the scale insects (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Miscellaneous Publication United States Department of Agriculture 1015: 1-206 [67] (taxonomy, catalogue)

Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. [35, 151] (taxonomy, description)

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