Species Olliffia eucalypti Fuller, 1897

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• Olliffia eucalypti Fuller, C. 1897. Some Coccidae of Western Australia. Journal of Western Australia Bureau of Agriculture 4: 1344-1346 [1345].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, (Whereabouts of type material unknown (Gullan, personal communication, June 10, 1996).), AUSTRALIA: Western Australia, Perth, Midland Junction.

  Type host:

   Eucalyptus [MYRTACEAE]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

SYSTEMATICS

Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae absent, except on anal lobes; antennae 6-segmented; legs absent; anal ring with pores and setae; anal lobes conspicuous, joined by sclerotization anterior of lobes; cruciform pores present; microtubular ducts absent (see Froggatt, W.W. 1899. Scale insects that produce lac. With a description of a new Australian species. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 10: 1159–1163 and Miller, personal observation, 1999).

STRUCTURE

Adult female is stationary, hidden beneath bark scales and covered completely with fumagine, slightly elongate (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).

GENERAL

Most detailed description and illustration 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.

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