Species Erium globosum (Maskell, 1892)

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• Dactylopius globosus Maskell, W.M. 1892. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species, and remarks on coccids from New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 24: 1-64 [dated 1891] [34].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NZAC 1 adult ♀, AUSTRALIA: South Australia.

  Type host:

   Acacia armata [FABACEAE]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

GENERAL

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

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