Species Melaleucococcus phacelopilus Bhatti, 1990

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• Melaleucococcus phacelopilus Bhatti, S. 1990. A new monophlebine genus (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Margarodidae: Monophlebinae) on Melaleuca L. in Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 495-517 [501].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Australian Capital Territory.

  Type host:

   Melaleuca ericifolia Sm. [MYRTACEAE]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Melaleuca nodosa (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Sm. [MYRTACEAE] Prickly-leaved Paperbark; Melaleuca glaberrima F.Muell. [MYRTACEAE]; Melaleuca ericifolia Sm. [MYRTACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

A univoltine species in Canberra, Australia.

History of changes