Valid Names Results
Floracoccus elevans (Maskell, 1895) (Eriococcidae: Floracoccus)Nomenclatural History
- Sphaerococcus elevans Maskell 1895b: 68. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Victoria, Mildura, on Eucalyptus dumosa, by C. French. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Beards1974,326). Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Floracoccus elevans (Maskell, 1895); Beardsley 1974: 326. change of combination Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Myrtaceae
- Eucalyptus dumosa | Beards1974
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Australia
- Victoria | Beards1974
Keys
Remarks
- Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female without enlarged setae; antennae 1-segmented; legs vestigial; centralized boss on dorsum consisting of narrow rim and 35-45 pouch-like cecae; without tubular ducts (Beardsley, 1974).
- Structure: Adult female circular, yellow in color and lying on the center of the blister raised in the bark (Beardsley, 1974).
- General Remarks: Original description and illustration by Maskell (1895b). Subsequent description and illustration by Beardsley (1974).
Illustrations
Citations
- Beards1974: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 326
- Beards1984: distribution, taxonomy, 86, 92
- DeitzTo1980: distribution, taxonomy, 19
- GiraldWiDo2024: behavior, distribution, host, Dataset S4
- GullanMiCo2005: ecology, host, 166
- Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 101
- Maskel1895b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 68-69
- MillerGi2000: catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 381
- MillerGuWi1998: taxonomy, 290-291
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 236
