Species Madarococcus cunninghamii Hardy & Gullan, 2008

Museums

Regional Maps

• Madarococcus cunninghamii Hardy, N.B. & Gullan, P.J. in Hardy, N.B., Gullan, P.J., Henderson, R.C. & Cook, L.G. 2008. Relationships among felt scale insects (Hemiptera : Coccoidea : Eriococcidae) of southern beech, Nothofagus (Nothofagaceae), with the first descriptions of Australian species of the Nothofagus-feeding genus Madarococcus Hoy. Invertebrate Systematics 22(3): 365-405 [379].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC adult ♀, Tas, Ridgley [41°10'S 145°50'E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC numerous specimens (in ANIC, TASAG, BPBM, BMNH, USNM), Tas, assorted localities, Vic, Marysville and Otway Rgs.

  Type host:

   Nothofagus cunninghamii [Nothofagaceae]

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Tas, Vic: South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Nothofagus cunninghamii (Hook.) Oerst. [NOTHOFAGACEAE] Myrtle Beech).

History of changes