• 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)

History of changes

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

  Type data:

   Lectotype NCIP 1 adult ♀, AUSTRALIA: Western Australia, Swan River.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Hendricks, H. & Kosztarab, M. 1999. Revision of the Tribe Serrolecaniini (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). Berlin & New York : de Gruyter xiv 213 pp. [156].

  Type host:

   Casuarina sp. [CASUARINACEAE]

Distribution

States

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

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Hendricks, H. & Kosztarab, M., 1999) [154] (female; world); (Williams, D.J., 1985) [260] (female; Australia)

GENERAL

Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp..

BIOLOGY

Causes scars on the branches of several species of Casuarina.

History of changes

• Sphaerococcus stypheliae Maskell, W.M. 1895. Synoptical list of Coccidae reported from Australasia and the Pacific Islands up to December 1894. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 27: 1-35 [27] [nom. nud.].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NZAC 1 adult ♀, AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Vaucluse, near Sydney.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. [263].

  Type host:

   Monotoca elliptica [ERICACEAE]
• Sphaerococcus stypheliae Maskell, W.M. 1895. Further coccid notes: with description of new species from New Zealand, Australia, Sandwich Islands, and elsewhere, and remarks upon many species already reported. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 27: 36-75 [67].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Hendricks, H. & Kosztarab, M., 1999) [154] (female; world); (Williams, D.J., 1985) [260] (female; Australia)

GENERAL

Good description and illustration of the adult female 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..

History of changes