Genus Spilococcus Ferris, 1950

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Genus Spilococcus Ferris, 1950

Spilococcus Ferris, G.F. 1950. Atlas of the Scale Insects of North America. Series 5, v. 5. The Pseudococcidae. (Part 1). Palo Alto, California : Stanford University Press Vol. 5(2) 278 pp. [219].
Type species:
Dactylopius gutierreziae Cockerell, 1896 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania

ID Keys

(Marotta, S., 1992) [67] (female; Italy); (Tang, F.T., 1992) [261-262] (female; species Palaearctic & Oriental Regions); (Tang, F.T., 1992) [218] (female; Palaearctic & Oriental Regions); (Williams, D.J. & Granara de Willink, M.C., 1992) [587] (female; Central and South America); (Williams, D.J. & Granara de Willink, M.C., 1992) [42] (female; Central and South America); (Danzig, E.M., 1988) [697] (female; Far East of Russia); (Cox, J.M., 1987) [93] (female; species New Zealand); (Cox, J.M., 1987) [14] (female; New Zealand); (Williams, D.J., 1985) [37] (female; Australia); (Danzig, E.M. [Dantsig], 1980) [158] (female; species Far East Russia); (Miller, D.R. & McKenzie, H.L., 1973) [521-523] (female; North America); (McKenzie, H.L., 1967) [45] (female; North America); (McKenzie, H.L., 1967) [411-412] (female; North America); (McKenzie, H.L., 1962) [678-679] (female; species North America); (McKenzie, H.L., 1960) [755-757] (female; species North America); (Ferris, G.F., 1953) [284] (female; North America); (Ferris, G.F., 1953) [463-464] (female; North America); (Ferris, G.F., 1950) [22] (female; North America); (Ferris, G.F., 1950) [219-220] (female; North America)

GENERAL

Good definition and characters given by Ferris, G.F. 1950. Atlas of the Scale Insects of North America. (Ser. 5, vol. 5). The Pseudococcidae (Part I). Palo Alto, California : Stanford University Press 278 pp.; Ferris, G.F. 1953. Atlas of the Scale Insects of North America, v. 6, The Pseudococcidae (Part II). Palo Alto, California : Stanford University Press 506 pp., De Lotto, G. 1964. Observations on African mealy bugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 14: 343–397, McKenzie, H.L. 1960. Taxonomic study of California mealybugs with descriptions of new species (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae). Hilgardia 29: 681–770, McKenzie, H.L. 1962. Third taxonomic study of California mealybugs, including additional species from North and South America (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae). Hilgardia 32: 637–688, McKenzie, H.L. 1967. Mealybugs of California with taxonomy, biology, and control of North American species (Homoptera: Cooccoidea: Pseudococcidae). Berkeley : Univ. Calif. Press 526 pp., Miller, D.R. & McKenzie, H.L. 1973. Seventh taxonomic study of North American mealybugs (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae). Hilgardia 41: 489–542, Danzig, E.M. [Dantsig] 1980. Coccoids of the Far East USSR (Homoptera, Coccinea) with an analysis of the phylogeny of coccids of the world fauna. Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR 124: 1–343, Williams, D.J. 1962. The British Pseudococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 12: 1–79, Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp., Tranfaglia, A. 1981. [Studies on Homoptera, Coccoidea: 5. Morpho-systematic notes on some species of cochineals with descriptions of 3 new species of Pseudococcidae.]. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Entomologia Agraria 'Filippo Silvestri', Portici 38: 3–28, 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., Kosztarab, M. & Kozár, F. 1988. Scale Insects of Central Europe. Budapest : Akadémiai Kiado 456 pp., Williams, D.J. & Granara de Willink, M.C. 1992. Mealybugs of Central and South America. London, England : CAB International Institute of Entomology 635 pp., Kosztarab, M. 1996. Scale insects of Northeastern North America. Identification, biology, and distribution. Martinsburg, Virginia : Virginia Museum of Natural History 650 pp. and by Danzig, E.M. 1998. [Revision of mealybugs (Homoptera, Pseudococcidae) with oral rim tubular ducts of the fauna of Russia and neighbouring countries.]. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 77(1): 106–133.