Species Pseudococcus hypergaeus Williams, 1985

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pseudococcus hypergaeus Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. [315].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Port Augusta, South Australia.
  Paratype(s) WARI ♀ (same data as holotype); BMNH ♀ (same data as holotype).

  Type host:

   Avicenna sp. [ACANTHACEAE]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Coolangatta, Queensland. Western Sydney, New South Wales and Lake St. Clair, Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Gawler (GAW)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

 

ID Keys

(Cox, J.M., 1987) [76] (female; New Zealand); (Williams, D.J., 1985) [280, 281] (female; Australia)

 

GENERAL

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

BIOLOGY

Occurring on the aerial parts of the host plant.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Jun-2024	COCCOIDEA	23-Jan-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Vivian Sandoval (ABRS)
21-Nov-2012		01-May-2014	MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012		29-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)