Species Fragorbis pustulans (Green, 1905)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sphaerococcus pustulans Green, E.E. 1905. Some new Victorian Coccidae. Victorian Naturalist 22: 3-8 [7].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH adult ♀ (ex Eucalyptus goniocalyx), Vic, Myrniong.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 6 adult ♀♀ 2 parasitoid larvae (also USNM), same data as lectotype.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Hardy, N.B. & Gullan, P.J. 2007. A new genus and four new species of felt scales on Eucalyptus (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae) in south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology 46: 106120 [117].

  Type host:

   Eucalyptus goniocalyx

Generic Combinations

• Fragorbis pustulans. —
  Hardy, N.B. & Gullan, P.J. 2007. A new genus and four new species of felt scales on Eucalyptus (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae) in south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology 46: 106120 [117-118]

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

Extra Ecological Information

Ex blister galls on bark of Eucalyptus species.

GENERAL

Original description and illustration by Green, E.E. 1905. Some new Victorian Coccidae. Victorian Naturalist 22: 3–8. This species was moved into the Eriococcidae by Miller, D.R., Gullan, P.J. & Williams, D.J. 1998. Family placement of species previously included in the scale insect genus Sphaerococcus Maskell (Hemiptera: Coccoidea). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 100: 286–305.

SYSTEMATICS

Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae absent; hair-like body setae scattered over both surfaces; numerous quinquelocular pores on both surfaces; legs small, but fully formed, hind pair noticeably larger than other; antennae 5-segmented, segments very short; anal ring very reduced but with pores and setae; macrotubular ducts present (see Miller, F. 1999. Take control of scale infestations. American Nurseryman 190(10): 14, personal observation).

STRUCTURE

Female lives beneath flattish blister-like swellings on the bark surface. Adult female circular or broadly oval (see Green, E.E. 1905. Some new Victorian Coccidae. Victorian Naturalist 22: 3–8).

General References

Hardy, N.B. & Gullan, P.J. 2007. A new genus and four new species of felt scales on Eucalyptus (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae) in south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology 46: 106120 [117]

History of changes