Species Pseudococcus araucariarum Williams, 1985

Museums

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• Pseudococcus araucariarum Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. [284].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Lankelly Creek, Queensland.
  Paratype(s) BMNH ♀ (same data as holotype); ANIC ♀ (same data as holotype).

  Type host:

   Araucaria cunninghamii [ARAUCARIACEAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W., 1988) [171] (female; tropical South Pacific region); (Williams, D.J., 1985) [279, 287] (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 Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W. 1988. The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Part 1. The armoured scales (Diaspididae). London : CAB International Institute of Entomology 290 pp..

BIOLOGY

Occurring on the foliage and under the bark of its host plants.

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