Species Rhizoecus rumicis (Maskell, 1892)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ripersia rumicis Maskell, W.M. 1892. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species, and remarks on coccids from New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 24: 1-64 [dated 1891] [37].

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Cox, J.M., 1987) [85] (female; New Zealand); (Williams, D.J., 1987) [191] (female; Australia); (Williams, D.J., 1985) [353] (female; Australia); (Cox, J.M., 1978) [624] (female; New Zealand); (Hambleton, E.J., 1974) [148] (female; world); (Hambleton, E.J., 1946) [60] (female; world)

GENERAL

Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Williams, D.J. & Boer, J.A. de. 1973. The taxonomy of some New Zealand Pseudococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 125: 227–252, Hambleton, E.J. 1973. Florida mealybugs of the genus Rhizoecus with description of a new species (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 75: 62–71, Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. and by Cox, J.M. 1978. Revision of the Rhizoecus species (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) known from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 5: 623–638; Cox, J.M. 1987. Pseudococcidae (Insecta: Hemiptera). In, Duval, C.T. (ed). Fauna of New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand : DSIR Science Information Publishing Centre Vol. 11 229 pp..

BIOLOGY

Living on grass roots.

Common Name References

Naumann, I.D., Ingram, R.J. & Floyd, R. 2002. Australian Insect Common Names, based on CSIRO Handbook of Australian Insect Names. 6th edn 1993. http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/. (Grassroot Mealybug)

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