Species Ourococcus casuarinae Fuller, 1897

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

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

GENERAL

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.

SYSTEMATICS

Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae cylindrical, sides straight, apices of setae on posterior abdomen slightly swollen, others rounded, setae present along body margin forward to thorax, decreasing in size anteriorly; posterior abdomen heavily sclerotized, almost pygidium like; lateral margins of posterior 2 or 3 abdominal segments protruding into lobes and with enlarged seta at apex; anal lobes each with more than 3 enlarged setae, fused together with anteromedial sclerotization; antennae small, 2- or 3-segmented; legs absent, hind pair represented by sclerotized plate containing numerous translucent pores; spiracles with associated multilocular pores; macrotubular ducts apparently absent or uncommon on dorsum; quinquelocular pores scattered in small numbers over venter; anal ring pores in round cluster approximately same diameter as opening of anal ring invagination, perhaps as many as 100 anal ring pores (see Miller, F. 1999. Take control of scale infestations. American Nurseryman 190(10): 14, personal observation).

STRUCTURE

Adult female stationary, chestnut brown, slightly globose, extremely chitinous and hard, accompanied by much fumagine and secreting a single, long, glassy tail (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).

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