Species Rastrococcus melaleucae Williams, 1985

Museums

Regional Maps

• Rastrococcus melaleucae Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. [345].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Hartley, South Australia.
  Paratype(s) WARI ♀ (same data as holotype); BMNH ♀ (same data as holotype).

Distribution

States

South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA: Kanmantoo (KAN)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Williams, D.J., 1989) [439] (female; world); (Williams, D.J., 1985) [341] (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. 1989. The mealybug genus Rastrococcus Ferris (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). Systematic Entomology 14(4): 433–486. Adult female redescribed and illustrated by Williams, D.J. 1989. A new genus and two new species of mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) from South Africa on bulbs and corms imported into Great Britain. Bulletin of Entomological Research 79: 643–648.

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