Genus Paramonostherium Williams, 1985

Museums

Regional Maps

• Paramonostherium Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. [255].

  Type species:

   Paramonostherium richardsi Williams, 1985 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

GENERAL

Good definition and characters given by Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp..

SYSTEMATICS

This genus resembles Amonostherium Morrison & Morrison and Australicoccus Williams in possessing more than two setae in the anal lobe cerarii.

General References

Ben-Dov, Y. 1994. A Systematic Catalogue of the Mealybugs of the World (Insecta: Homoptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae and Putoidae) with Data on Geographical Distribution, Host Plants, Biology and Economic Importance. Andover, UK : Intercept Limited 686 pp. [281] (catalogue)

Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. [38, 255] (taxonomy, description)

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