Species Fimbriaticoccus leptospermi (Maskell, 1889)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ripersia leptospermi Maskell, W.M. 1889. On some new South Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 11: 101-111 [dated 1888] [106] [Williams (1985) states that "Maskell (1889) described Ripersia leptospermi from South Australia as a mealybug on Leptospermum laevigatum, but it is here transferred to the Eriococcidae after examination of authentic material"].
  Zoobank Registration Number:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:5D4B34C4-38F6-4FB2-AEEF-ED60FE317D34

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NZAC Female, AUSTRALIA.

  Secondary source:

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

Generic Combinations

• Fimbriaticoccus leptospermi (Maskell, 1889). —
  Gullan, P.J. & Williams, D.J. 2021. A new Genus of Eriococcidae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) for an unusual species on Leptospermum (Myrtaceae). Australian Entomologist 48(4): 293–312

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

History of changes