Species Mutabilicoccus artocarpi Williams, 1960

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mutabilicoccus artocarpi Williams, D.J. 1960. The Pseudococcidae (Coccoidea: Homoptera) of the Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 8: 387-430 [409].

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Tang, F.T., 1992) [328] (female; China); (Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W., 1988) [111] (female; tropical South Pacific region); (Williams, D.J., 1960) [409] (female; Solomon Islands)

GENERAL

Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Williams, D.J. 1960. The Pseudococcidae (Coccoidea: Homoptera) of the Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 8: 387–430 and by Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W. 1988. The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Part 1. The armoured scales (Diaspididae). London : CAB International Institute of Entomology 290 pp.. Good description of the adult female given by Tang, F.T. 1992. [The Pseudococcidae of China]. Taigu, Shanxi, China : Shanxi Agricultural University 768 pp..

BIOLOGY

Occurring on the aerial roots of the host plants and attended by ants Iridomyrmex myrmecodiae.

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