Species Rastrococcus nivalis (Maskell, 1893)
- Pseudococcus nivalis Maskell, W.M. 1893. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species from Australia, India, Sandwich Islands, Demerara, and South Pacific. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 25: 201-252 [234].
Type data:
Lectotype NZAC 1 adult ♀, AUSTRALIA: Sydney or Brisbane.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
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 (1985) and 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.
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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05-Jun-2024 | COCCOIDEA | 18-Dec-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Vivian Sandoval (ABRS) |
20-Jun-2022 | PSEUDOCOCCIDAE | 20-Jun-2022 | MOVED | |
21-Nov-2012 | 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED | ||
29-Jun-2012 | 29-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |