Species Sphaerococcopsis simplicior (Maskell, 1896)

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• Sphaerococcus inflatipes simplicior Maskell, W.M. 1896. Further coccid notes, with descriptions of new species and discussions of questions of interest. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 28: 380-411 [dated 1895] [403].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANIC Adult ♀, AUSTRALIA: Victoria, Melbourne.

  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

Queensland, Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

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

STRUCTURE

Adult female circular (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).

GENERAL

Description and illustration by Maskell, W.M. 1896. Further coccid notes, with descriptions of new species and discussions of questions of interest. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 28: 380–411 [dated 1895] 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 of 2 kinds, 1 kind bullet shaped, sides convex, apices rounded, setae restricted to posterior end of dorsal shield, second kind small, conical, sides straight, apices acute, present in mediolateal areas of dorsal shield; hair-like dorsal setae scattered over dorsum; without lobes between antennae; anal ring with 3 or 4 setae on each side and without pores; antennae 2- or 3-segmented; front 2 pairs of legs small, abortive; macrotubular ducts absent; microtubular ducts absent (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).

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 (generic epithet misspelled)

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