Species Melaleucococcus nodosus Bhatti, 1990

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• Melaleucococcus nodosus Bhatti, S. 1990. A new monophlebine genus (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Margarodidae: Monophlebinae) on Melaleuca L. in Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 495-517 [509].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Western Australia, Perth suburb, Bartram Road, near intersection with Tepper Road, Banjup.

  Type host:

   Melaleuca rhaphiophylla Schauer [MYRTACEAE]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Melaleuca nodosa (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Sm. [MYRTACEAE] Prickly-leaved Paperbark; Melaleuca rhaphiophylla Schauer [MYRTACEAE]).

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