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Species Rastrococcus nivalis (Maskell, 1893)

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

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
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)