Genus Peridiococcus Williams, 1985

Museums

Regional Maps

• Peridiococcus Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. [259].

  Type species:

   Sphaerococcus stypheliae Maskell, 1897 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

ID Keys

(Hendricks, H. & Kosztarab, M., 1999) [22] (female; world, "Legless" Mealybugs); (Williams, D.J., 1985) [260] (female; Australia); (Williams, D.J., 1985) [35] (female; Australia)

GENERAL

Good definition and characters given by Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. and by Hendricks, H. & Kosztarab, M. 1999. Revision of the Tribe Serrolecaniini (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). Berlin & New York : de Gruyter xiv 213 pp..

SYSTEMATICS

The genus is characterized by possessing large pores areas that seems to be an actual developements of the hind coxae.

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. [302] (catalogue)

Hendricks, H. & Kosztarab, M. 1999. Revision of the Tribe Serrolecaniini (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). Berlin & New York : de Gruyter xiv 213 pp. [154] (taxonomy, description)

Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. [35, 259-260] (taxonomy, description)

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