Valid Names Results

Eumyrmococcus adornocapillus Schneider & LaPolla, 2011 (Xenococcidae: Eumyrmococcus)

Nomenclatural History

Eumyrmococcus adornocapillus Schneider & LaPolla 2011: 70-72. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Brisbane, Ransome Bushland Reserve, found with Acropyga pallida in dry sand cassowary/evergreen forest; collected C. Burwell, August 2006.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Brisbane: Queensland Museum, Queensland, Australia; accepted valid name Illustr.
Eurmyrmococcus adornocapillus; Sodano, et al. 2023: 5. misspelling of genus name

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Formicidae

Acropyga pallida | SchneiLa2011

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Australia

Queensland | SchneiLa2011

Keys

SchneiLa2011: pp.68-70 ( Adult (F) ) [Genera and species of the tribe Xenococcini]

Remarks

Biology: This species was discovered in association with the ant Acropyga pallida, and is the only known mealybug associate of this ant species (Schneider & LaPolla, 2011).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Schneider & LaPolla (2011).

Illustrations

Citations

SchneiLa2011: description, distribution, host, illustration, phylogeny, taxonomy, 70-72
SodanoOuSc2023: ant association, morphology, 5