Species Phacelococcus frenchi Gullan & Strong, 1997

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• Phacelococcus frenchi Gullan, P.J. & Strong, K.L. 1997. Scale insects under eucalypt bark: a revision of the Australian genus Phacelococus Miller (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 36: 229-240 [235].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC Adult ♀, AUSTRALIA: Australian Capital Territory, Blundell's Flat, Brindabella Range [35°21'S/148°50'E].

  Type host:

   Eucalyptus castigate [MYRTACEAE]
• Warburtonia frenchi Green, E.E. 1918. A list of Coccidae affecting various genera of plants. Annals of Applied Biology 4: 228-239 [231] [nom. nud., see Gullan, P.J. & Strong, K.L. 1997. Scale insects under eucalypt bark: a revision of the Australian genus Phacelococus Miller (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 36: 229–240 (235)].

  Secondary source:

   Gullan, P.J. & Strong, K.L. 1997. Scale insects under eucalypt bark: a revision of the Australian genus Phacelococus Miller (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 36: 229-240.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania, Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

BIOLOGY

Gullan, P.J. & Strong, K.L. 1997. Scale insects under eucalypt bark: a revision of the Australian genus Phacelococus Miller (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 36: 229–240 suppose that this species is fed upon by the yellow-bellied glider (Petaurus australis Shaw). They also state that the dry bark from which these specimens were extracted contains the remnants of a cream to pale brown waxy secretion forming individual cells where females were positioned, as well as some white powdery wax.

SYSTEMATICS

Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae absent; hair-like setae scattered over dorsal surface; dorsal multilocular pores absent; cruciform pores absent; antennae 6-segmented; macrotubular ducts present; microtubular ducts medium in length, with 1 or 2 sclerotized areas (see Gullan, P.J. & Strong, K.L. 1997. Scale insects under eucalypt bark: a revision of the Australian genus Phacelococus Miller (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 36: 229–240). Gullan & Strong (1997) state that "the paratypes from Victoria with the designation #596 are listed in W.W. Froggatt's accession notebook with the following data: 'Warburtonia frenchi on Eucalyptus regnans, C. French 8/16/15 from Warburton, Vic.'" Green, E.E. 1918. A list of Coccidae affecting various genera of plants. Annals of Applied Biology 4: 228–239 and Lindinger, L. 1937. Verzeichnis der Schildläus-Gattungen. (Homoptera - Coccoidea Handlirsch, 1903). Entomologisches Jahrbuch 46: 178–198 also gave this species the name Warburtonia frenchi but never formally described it; therefore, it is a nomen nudum.

GENERAL

Gullan, P.J. & Strong, K.L. 1997. Scale insects under eucalypt bark: a revision of the Australian genus Phacelococus Miller (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 36: 229–240 describe and illustrate the adult female of this species.

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