Species Unplaced tepperi Fuller, 1897

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Regional Maps

• Sphaerococcus tepperi Fuller, C. 1897. Some Coccidae of Western Australia. Journal of Western Australia Bureau of Agriculture 4: 1344-1346 [1346].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) USNM 1 slide with 7 adult ♀, 1 or 2 embryos and 1 shed skin (Brain Collection), Swan River, WA.

  Type host:

   Melaleuca sp.

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

Systematics

This species was moved to the Eriococcidae by Miller et al. (1998).

Structure

Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae conical, sides straight, apices acute, restricted to posterior abdominal segments; multilocular pores absent; tubular ducts absent; hind legs represent by sclerotized swelling, covered with translucent pores; other legs absent; antennae 4- or 5-segmented; anal ring simple opening, without setae or pores (see Miller 1999).

Notes

Galls formed of aborted leaves and occupied by many coccids. They are spherical, flattened at the base and apex with the points of the aborted leaves protruding. Adult female flat, elongate, pyriform, yellow in color, eyes black (see Fuller 1899)

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