Genus Myzolecanium Beccari, 1877

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• Myzolecanium Beccari, O. 1877. Malesia, Raccolta di osservazioni botaniche intorno alle piante dell'arcipelago Indo-Malese e Papuano. Genova : R. Istituto Sordo-Muti 305 pp. [191].

  Type species:

   Myzolecanium kibarae Beccari, 1877 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland

GENERAL

Definition and characters by Hodgson, C.J. 1994. The scale insect family Coccidae: an identification manual to genera. Wallingford, Oxon, UK : CAB International Institute of Entomology 639 pp..

SYSTEMATICS

Subfamily: Myzolecaniinae. Tribe: Myzolecaniini.

General References

Beccari, O. 1877. Malesia, Raccolta di osservazioni botaniche intorno alle piante dell'arcipelago Indo-Malese e Papuano. Genova : R. Istituto Sordo-Muti 305 pp. [190-192] (taxonomy, description)

Ben-Dov, Y. 1993. A Systematic Catalogue of the Soft Scale Insects of the World (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae) with Data on Geographical Distribution, Host Plants, Biology and Economic Importance. Flora & Fauna Handbook, No. 9. Gainesville, FL : Sandhill Crane Press 536 pp. [189] (catalogue)

Fernald, M.E. 1903. A catalogue of the Coccidae of the world. Bulletin of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College 88: 1-360 [208] (catalogue)

Gullan, P.J., Buckley, R.C. & Ward, P.S. 1993. Ant-tended scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccidae: Myzolecanium) within lowland rain forest trees in Papua New Guinea. Journal of Tropical Ecology 9(1): 81-91 [81-90] (taxonomy)

Gullan, P.J. & Stewart, A.C. 1996. A new genus and species of ant-associated coccid (Hemiptera: Coccidae: Myzolecaniinae) from Canthium Lam. (Rubiaceae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39: 307-314 [310] (taxonomy)

Hodgson, C.J. 1994. The scale insect family Coccidae: an identification manual to genera. Wallingford, Oxon, UK : CAB International Institute of Entomology 639 pp. [386-389] (taxonomy, description)

MacGillivray, A.D. 1921. The Coccidae. Tables for the identification of the subfamilies and some of the more important genera and species together with discussions of their anatomy and life history. Urbana, Illinois : Scarab Company vi 502 pp. [178, 492] (taxonomy, description)

Morrison, H. & Morrison, E.R. 1966. An annotated list of generic names of the scale insects (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Miscellaneous Publication United States Department of Agriculture 1015: 1-206 [127] (taxonomy)

Targioni Tozzetti, A. 1877. Myxolecanium kibarae Beccari (Lecaniti). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 9: 317-320 [127] (taxonomy)

Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W. 1990. The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Pt. 3: The soft scales (Coccidae) and other families. London : CAB International Institute of Entomology 267 pp. [60-61, 131] (taxonomy, description)

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