Valid Names Results
Floracoccus Beardsley, 1974 (
Eriococcidae)
Nomenclatural History
- Floracoccus
Beardsley
1974: 325.
Type species: Sphaerococcus elevans Maskell
by monotypy and original designation
.
accepted valid name
Remarks
- Systematics: Generic characteristics that distinguish this genus from all other eriococcids are: the possession of central, sclerotized boss on dorsum; boss with numerous pouch-like invaginations; antennae 1-segmented; legs reduced to tubercles, with indistinct segmentation; labium 1-segmented; no protruding anal lobes; no enlarged setae (Beardsley, 1974).
- Biology: Members of this genus form galls (Beardsley, 1984).
Keys
- HardyGu2007: pp.108
(
Adult (F)
)
[Key to the adult females of genera of felt scales on Eucalyptus and Corymbia]
Associated References
- Beards1974:
description, distribution, taxonomy, pp. 325-326
- Beards1974a:
distribution, host, taxonomy, pp. 342
- Beards1984:
distribution, taxonomy, pp. 86
- GullanMiCo2005:
ecology, host, pp. 166
- HardyBeGu2011:
host, pp. 498
- HardyGu2007:
host, illustration, taxonomy, pp. 106-108
- HardyGu2010:
host, pp. 2
- Kozar2009:
distribution, host, taxonomy, pp. 112
- MillerGi2000:
catalog, taxonomy, pp. 380-381
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