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Species Ripersiella rumicis (Maskell, 1892)

Grassroot Mealybug

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria


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.

 

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 17-Apr-2024 MODIFIED Dr Vivian Sandoval (ABRS)
20-Jun-2022 COCCOIDEA 20-Jun-2022 MOVED
21-Nov-2012 01-May-2014 MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012 29-Jun-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)