Species Peridiococcus stypheliae (Maskell, 1895)

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• 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..

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