Valid Names Results

Eremococcus turbinatus (Froggatt, 1921) (Eriococcidae: Eremococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Sphaerococcus turbinata Froggatt 1921b: 19. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Tazmania, Launceston, on Melaleuca sp., by A.M. Lea. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: Gullen in Miller, et al., 2004, suggests that the type lost of this species may be incorrectly identified as Melaleuca and probably is a species of Leptospermum.
• Eremococcus turbinata (Froggatt, 1921); Miller, Gullan & Williams 1998: 302. change of combination
• Eremococcus turbinatus (Froggatt, 1921); Pellizzari & Williams 2013: 410. emendation that is justified

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Ecological Associates

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Systematics: The remains of the syntype female share the following features with Eremococcus pirogallis: central area of dorsum nodulose and more heavily sclerotized than rest of derm, anal ring small and simple, legs absent, clypeolabral shield large and sclerotized, and 8-shaped pores abundant marginally.

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