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Genus Villosicoccus Williams, 1985

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

ID Keys

(Williams, D.J., 1985) [383] (female; species Australia)

 

GENERAL

Good definition and characters of the adult female given by Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp..

SYSTEMATICS

The species of this genus have characters related to Trionymus but have long, thick dorsal setae. In the long dorsal thick setae it resembles Chaetotrionymus, but differs in the peculiar structure of legs. In Villosicoccus the entire femora are much wider than the tibia; the entire legs have the appearance of a claw.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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21-Nov-2012 21-Nov-2012 MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012 29-Jun-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)