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Phacelococcus bursaria Hardy & Gullan, 2007 (Eriococcidae: Phacelococcus)

Phacelococcus bursaria Hardy & Gullan 2007b: 85-91. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Victoria, Lower Plenty, on bark of Bursaria spinosa 10/24/1971, by J.W. Beardsley. Holotype, female, by present designation Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Department of Entomology Collection, Hawaii, USA; London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; Melbourne: National Museum of Victoria, Victoria, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: 15 adult females, same data as holotype, 12 slides in ANIC, 3 slides in BPBM Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

HardyGu2007b: pp.87 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult females of Phacelococcus species]

Systematics: Phacelococcus bursaria differs from other Phacelococcus in that it has enlarged dorsal setae and lacks ventral clusters of quinquelocular pores around the spiracles. The pores are restricted to the margin of each body segment. Macrotubular ducts are only on ventral surface of abdominal segments. There is only a single pair of setae on the basal segment of the labium where other species have two pair. (Hardy & Gullan, 2007)
Structure: Adult female body outline oval. Eyes on margin. Antennae 6-7 segmented. Dorsum smaller than venter, delineated by enlarged setae. Derm membranous. Ventral setae in a transverse row across each abdominal segment and scattered around margin. ((Hardy & Gullan, 2007)
Biology: Found feeding on Bursaria where all other Phacelococcus are found feeding under eucalyptus bark. Beardsley recorded in his field notebook that on 9/11/1971 adult females were forming ovisacs and ovipositing (Hardy & Gullan, 2007)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hardy & Gullan (2007)