• Eucalyptococcus Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. [154].

  Type species:

   Puto gisleni Ossiannilsson, 1954 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

ID Keys

(Williams, D.J., 1985) [155] (female; species Australia); (Williams, D.J., 1985) [39] (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. [150] (catalogue)

Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. [39, 154-155] (taxonomy, description)

History of changes

• Eucalyptococcus brookesae Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. [155].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Red Hill, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria.
  Paratype(s) WARI ♀ (same data as holotype); BMNH ♀ (same data as holotype).

  Type host:

   Eucalyptus amygdalina [MYRTACEAE]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Williams, D.J., 1985) [155] (female; Australia)

GENERAL

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

BIOLOGY

Occurring under the bark of its host plants.

History of changes

• Puto gisleni Ossiannilsson, F. 1954. Puto gisleni n. sp. a new Australian pseudococcid (Hem. Cocc). Lunds Universitets Årsskrift N.F. 50: 1-6 [3].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMLU 1 adult ♀, AUSTRALIA: Western Australia, Porongorups.

  Type host:

   Eucalyptus diversicolor [MYRTACEAE]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Williams, D.J., 1985) [155] (female; Australia)

GENERAL

Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Ossiannilsson, F. 1954. Puto gisleni n. sp. a new Australian pseudococcid (Hem. Cocc). Lunds Universitets Årsskrift N.F. 50: 1–6 and by Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp..

BIOLOGY

Found under the bark of its host plants.

History of changes

• Eucalyptococcus hakeae Qin, T.K. 1988. A new species of mealybug (Insecta: Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14: 1-6 [3].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 1 adult ♀, AUSTRALIA: Western Australia, Woolbernup Hill.

  Type host:

   Hakea sp. [PROTEACEAE]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

BIOLOGY

Occurring on the stems of the host plant.

GENERAL

Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Qin, T.K. 1988. A new species of mealybug (Insecta: Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14: 1–6.

History of changes

• Dactylopius lobulatus Maskell, W.M. 1894. Further coccid notes with descriptions of several new species and discussion of various points of interest. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 26: 65-105 [91].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NZAC 1 adult ♀, AUSTRALIA: Victoria, Bendigo.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. [159].

  Type host:

   Eucalyptus globulus [MYRTACEAE]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Williams, D.J., 1985) [155] (female; Australia)

GENERAL

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

BIOLOGY

Occurring under the bark of its host plants.

History of changes