Species Eriococcus gurneyi Fuller, 1899

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• Eriococcus gurneyi Fuller, C. 1899. XIV. Notes and descriptions of some species of Western Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1899: 435-473 [441].

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

GENERAL

Most detailed description and illustration 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

Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae conical, short, stout, numerous over surface (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).

STRUCTURE

Sac is tough and felted. Adult female fills sac, which is white and elongate. Second-instar female is active, pink or lemon-yellow (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).

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