Species Ourococcus cobbi Fuller, 1897

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Regional Maps

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

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

GENERAL

Most detailed description 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 absent or only slightly enlarged, restricted to posterior abdominal segment, apices acute; posterior abdomen sclerotized almost pygidium like; without extra marginal lobes; anal lobes protruding only slightly, each with fewer than 3 enlarged setae, fused together with anteromedial sclerotization; antennae 6- or 7-segmented; legs absent, hind pair represented by conical swelling containing translucent pores; spiracles with associated multilocular pores; macrotubular ducts abundant over dorsum; quinquelocular pores abundant over venter, but not forming band; anal ring pores in rounded 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 females are found beneath bark, they are stationary, and secrete long, glassy filaments (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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