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Genus Olliffia Fuller, 1897

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


GENERAL

Generic characters described by Fuller, C. 1899. XIV. Notes and descriptions of some species of Western Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1899: 435–473.

SYSTEMATICS

Generic characteristics that distinguish this genus from all other eriococcids are: enlarged setae absent, except on anal lobes; antennae segmented; legs absent; anal lobes joined by sclerotization anterior of lobes; cruciform pores present; microtubular ducts absent (Miller, F. 1999. Take control of scale infestations. American Nurseryman 190(10): 14; personal observation).

STRUCTURE

"Adult females are stationary, with somewhat conspicuous anal tubercles which approach those of an Eriococcus, but differ in having a chitinised prolongation of the dorsal arc of the anal opening, between them", see Fuller, C. 1899. XIV. Notes and descriptions of some species of Western Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1899: 435–473.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
05-Jun-2024 COCCOIDEA 13-Dec-2023 MODIFIED Dr Vivian Sandoval (ABRS)
21-Nov-2012 21-Nov-2012 MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012 29-Jun-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)