Genus Floracoccus Beardsley, 1974

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• Floracoccus Beardsley, J.W. 1974. A new genus of Coccoidea from Australian eucalyptus (Homoptera). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 21: 325-328 [325].

  Type species:

   Sphaerococcus elevans Maskell, 1895 by monotypy.

Distribution

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Victoria

SYSTEMATICS

Generic characteristics that distinguish this genus from all other eriococcids are: the possession of central, sclerotized boss on dorsum; boss with numerous pouch-like invaginations; antennae 1-segmented; legs reduced to tubercles, with indistinct segmentation; labium 1-segmented; no protruding anal lobes; no enlarged setae (Beardsley, J.W. 1974. A new genus of Coccoidea from Australian eucalyptus (Homoptera). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 21: 325–328).

BIOLOGY

Members of this genus form galls, see Beardsley, J.W. 1984. Gall-forming Coccoidea. In, Ananthakrishnan, T.N. (ed). Biology of gall insects. New Delhi : Oxford & IBH. Publ. Co. 400 pp..

General References

Beardsley, J.W. 1974. A new genus of Coccoidea from Australian eucalyptus (Homoptera). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 21: 325-328 [325-326] (description, distribution, taxonomy)

Beardsley, J.W. 1974. A review of the genus Sphaerococcopsis Cockerell, with descriptions of two new species (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 21: 329-342 [342] (distribution, host, taxonomy)

Beardsley, J.W. 1984. Gall-forming Coccoidea. In, Ananthakrishnan, T.N. (ed.). Biology of Gall Insects. New Delhi : Oxford & IBH. Publ. Co. 400 pp. [86] (distribution, taxonomy)

Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E. 2000. A Systematic Catalogue of the Eriococcidae (Felt Scales) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the World. Andover, UK : Intercept Ltd 589 pp. [380-381] (catalogue, taxonomy)

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