Genus Erium Cockerell, 1897

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• Erium Cockerell, T.D.A. 1897. Contributions to Coccidology. – II. American Naturalist 31: 588-592 [590] [introduced as a subgenus of Dactylopius. 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 and Lindinger, L. 1935. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Schildläuse (Coccidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 49: 121–123 credited the genus to Crawford. However, 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 discussed the nomenclature and concluded that the author was Cockerell].

  Type species:

   Erium frenellae Cockerell, 1897 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   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; Lindinger, L. 1935. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Schildläuse (Coccidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 49: 121-123; 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.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

ID Keys

(Williams, D.J., 1985) [38] (female; Australia)

GENERAL

Good definition and characters given by 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, De Lotto, G. 1969. The mealybugs of South Africa (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae), II. Entomology Memoirs, Department of Agricultural Technical Services, Republic of South Africa. Pretoria 20: 1–30 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. [149-150] (catalogue)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1897. Contributions to Coccidology. – II. American Naturalist 31: 588-592 [590] (taxonomy)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Tables for the determination of the genera of Coccidae. The Canadian Entomologist 31: 273-279, 330-333 [278] (taxonomy)

De Lotto, G. 1969. The mealybugs of South Africa (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae), II. Entomology Memoirs, Department of Agricultural Technical Services, Republic of South Africa. Pretoria 20: 1-30 [8] (taxonomy, description)

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 [112] (catalogue)

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 [48-51] (taxonomy, description)

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 [70-71] (taxonomy)

Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. [38, 151-152] (taxonomy, description)

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