Species Sphaerococcopsis inflatipes (Maskell, 1893)

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• Sphaerococcus inflatipes 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 [238].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANIC Adult ♀, AUSTRALIA: Victoria, Myrniong.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Beardsley, J.W. 1974. A review of the genus Sphaerococcopsis Cockerell, with descriptions of two new species (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 21: 329-342 [334].

  Type host:

   Eucalyptus [MYRTACEAE]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Beardsley, J.W., 1974) [332] (adult female; Known species of Sphaerococcopsis)

ECONOMIC AND CONTROL

Infestation of the species caused host bark to have eruptions of pustules on its surface and causes much damage to the host (see 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).

GENERAL

Type information in Deitz, L.L. & Tocker, M.F. 1980. W.M. Maskell's Homoptera: Species-group names and type-material. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Information Series 146: 1–76 and Beardsley, J.W. 1974. A review of the genus Sphaerococcopsis Cockerell, with descriptions of two new species (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 21: 329–342. Detailed descriptions and illustrations in Morrison, H. & Morrison, E.R. 1922. A redescription of the type species of the genera of Coccidae based on species originally described by Maskell. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60: 1–120 and Beardsley, J.W. 1974. A review of the genus Sphaerococcopsis Cockerell, with descriptions of two new species (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 21: 329–342.

SYSTEMATICS

Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae conical, sides convex or straight, apices acute, setae around perimeter of dorsal shield, long and slender posteriorly, increasingly short anteriorly, short setae also present in medial and mediolateral areas of shield on thorax and head; hair-like dorsal setae scattered over dorsum; small lobes between antennae; anal ring with about 6 setae on each side and a few small pores; antennae 5- or 6-segmented; front 2 pairs of legs well developed; macrotubular ducts absent; microtubular ducts medium in length, with 1 sclerotized area, orifice forming sclerotized rim (see Beardsley, J.W. 1974. A review of the genus Sphaerococcopsis Cockerell, with descriptions of two new species (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 21: 329–342).

STRUCTURE

Adult female is covered by a waxy test which is yellowish or reddish brown. The adult female is reddish-brown, filling the test (see 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).

General References

Fernald, M.E. 1903. A catalogue of the Coccidae of the world. Bulletin of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College 88: 1-360 [85] (Sphaerococopsis inflatipes: misspelling of genus name)

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