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Phacelococcus cookae Gullan & Strong, 1997 (Eriococcidae: Phacelococcus)

Phacelococcus cookae Gullan & Strong 1997: 231-235. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Tathra, 36 degrees 44'S and 149 degrees 59'E, on Eucalyptus sideroxylon tricarpa, 19/06/1994, by L.G. Cook. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

HardyGu2007b: pp.87 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult females of Phacelococcus species]
GullanSt1997: pp.231 ( ) [Adult females of Phacelococcus]

Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae absent; hair-like setae scattered over dorsal surface; dorsal multilocular pores present marginally; ventral multilocular pores in clusters on abdomen and near spiracles only; cruciform pores present on dorsum only; antennae 7-segmented; macrotubular ducts present; microtubular ducts medium in length, with 1 sclerotized area (Gullan & Strong, 1997).
Biology: Four of the adult females from E. sideroxylon tricarpa were collected together in a cavity within swollen stem tissue and were covered in a resinous or waxy substance. The fifth specimen was taken from the arm of a gall of Apiomorpha munita tereticornuta. The specimens collected by Beardsley were in amorphous white tests, which he described as waxy on one label, and were either on bark (some adult females) or in crevices in twig bark (both adult and second-instar females)(Gullan & Strong, 1997).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration of adult female and first-instar nymph by Gullan & Strong (1997).