Genus Eumyrmococcus Silvestri, 1926

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• Eumyrmococcus Silvestri, F. 1926. Descrizione di un novo genere di Coccidae (Hemiptera) mirmecofilo della cina. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Facoltà Agraria in Portici 18: 271-275 [271].

  Type species:

   Eumyrmococcus smithii Silvestri, 1926 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

ID Keys

(Williams, D.J., 1993) [220] (female; species world); (Tang, F.T., 1992) [73] (female; Palaearctic & Oriental Regions); (Williams, D.J., 1978) [62] (female; south-east Asia)

GENERAL

Good definition and characters given by Williams, D.J. 1970. The mealybugs (Homoptera, Coccoidea, Pseudococcidae) of sugar-cane, rice and sorghum. Bulletin of Entomological Research 60: 109–188; Williams, D.J. 1978. The anomalous ant-attended mealybugs (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) of South-East Asia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 37: 72 pp.; Williams, D.J. 1998. Mealybugs of the genera Eumyrmococcus Silvestri and Xenococcus Silvestri associated with the ant genus Acropyga Roger and a review of the subfamily Rhizoecinae (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Pseudococcidae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Entomology Series (London) 67: 1–64, Kawai, S. 1980. Scale insects of Japan in colors. Tokyo : National Agricultural Education Association 455 pp., and by Tang, F.T. 1992. [The Pseudococcidae of China]. Taigu, Shanxi, China : Shanxi Agricultural University 768 pp..

SYSTEMATICS

Placed in the tribe Rhizoecini by Williams, D.J. 1969. The family-group names of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 23: 315–341.

General References

Balachowsky, A.S. 1957. Sur deux Diaspidinae nouveaux du Thaïland (Coccoidea). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 100: 29-34 [158-159, 162] (taxonomy)

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. [152] (catalogue)

Johnson, C., Agosti, D., Delabie, J.H., Dumbert, K., Williams, D.J., Von Tschirnhaus, M. & Maschwitz, U. 2001. Acropyga and Azteca ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with scale insect (Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea): 20 million years of intimate symbiosis. American Museum Novitates No. 3335: 18 pp. [1-18] (taxonomy, life history)

Kawai, S. 1980. Scale insects of Japan in colors. Tokyo : National Agricultural Education Association 455 pp. [121] (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 [20, 73] (taxonomy, catalogue)

Silvestri, F. 1926. Descrizione di un novo genere di Coccidae (Hemiptera) mirmecofilo della cina. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Facoltà Agraria in Portici 18: 271-275 [271-272] (taxonomy, description)

Tang, F.T. 1992. [The Pseudococcidae of China]. Taigu, Shanxi, China : Shanxi Agricultural University 768 pp. [74] (taxonomy, description)

Tao, C.C.C. 1999. List of Coccoidea (Homoptera) of China. Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Special Publication No. 78: 1-176 [13] (taxonomy)

Williams, D.J. 1970. The mealybugs (Homoptera, Coccoidea, Pseudococcidae) of sugar-cane, rice and sorghum. Bulletin of Entomological Research 60: 109-188 [138] (taxonomy, description)

Williams, D.J. 1978. The anomalous ant-attended mealybugs (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) of South-East Asia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 37: 72 pp. [63] (taxonomy, description)

Williams, D.J. 1998. Mealybugs of the genera Eumyrmococcus Silvestri and Xenococcus Silvestri associated with the ant genus Acropyga Roger and a review of the subfamily Rhizoecinae (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Pseudococcidae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London (Entomology) 67: 1-64 [8-9] (taxonomy, description)

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