Species Heliococcus summervillei Brookes, 1978

Museums

Regional Maps

• Heliococcus summervillei Brookes, H.M. 1978. A new species of Heliococcus Sulc from Australia and Pakistan and a redescription of Heliococcus glacialis (Newstead) comb. n. (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 17: 241-245 [241].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 1 adult ♀, AUSTRALIA: Queensland.
  Paratype(s) ANIC Various females, PAKISTAN: Peshawar.

  Type host:

   Paspalum dilatatum [POACEAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Tang, F.T., 1992) [458] (female; Palaearctic & Oriental Regions)

GENERAL

Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Brookes, H.M. 1978. A new species of Heliococcus Sulc from Australia and Pakistan and a redescription of Heliococcus glacialis (Newstead) comb. n. (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 17: 241–245. Good description of the adult female given by Tang, F.T. 1992. [The Pseudococcidae of China]. Taigu, Shanxi, China : Shanxi Agricultural University 768 pp..

ECONOMIC AND CONTROL

Summerville, W.A.T. 1928. Mealy bug attacking Paspalum grass in the Cooroy District. Queensland Agricultural Journal 30: 201–209 first reported on this species as "mealy bug" and presented observations on its economic importance, life history, control and natural enemies.

History of changes