Valid Names Results
Pseudoripersia turgipes (Maskell, 1893) (Pseudococcidae: Pseudoripersia)Nomenclatural History
- Eriococcus turgipes Maskell 1893b: 228. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, on Casuarina sp.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Willia1985,338). Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name
- Ripersia turgipes (Maskell, 1893); Maskell 1897: 318. change of combination
- Ripersia (Pseudoripersia) turgipes (Maskell, 1893); Cockerell 1899a: 392. change of combination
- Pseudoripersia turgipes (Maskell, 1893); Cockerell 1899m: 278. change of combination and rank
- Pseudoripersia tergipes (Maskell, 1893); Nur, Brown & Beardsley 1987: 55. misspelling of species epithet
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 2
- Casuarinaceae
- Allocasuarina distyla | BenDov1994 Willia1985 | (= Casuarina distyla)
- Allocasuarina luehmannii | BenDov1994 Willia1985 | (= Casuarina luehmannii)
- Casuarina cristata | BenDov1994 Willia1985
- Casuarina cunninghamiana | BenDov1994 Willia1985
- Casuarina glauca | BenDov1994 Willia1985
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Australia
- New South Wales | BenDov1994 Maskel1893b
- Queensland | BenDov1994 Willia1985
- South Australia | BenDov1994 Koteja1974b Willia1985
Keys
- Willia1985: pp.336 ( Adult (F) ) [Australia]
Remarks
- Biology: This mealybug causes the slender branchlets to become aborted, curling them completely around the insect (Williams, 1985).
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Morrison & Morrison (1922) and by Williams (1985).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 416
- Cocker1899a: taxonomy, 392
- Cocker1899m: taxonomy, 278
- DeitzTo1980: taxonomy, 55
- ElliotOhWy1998: distribution, economic importance, host,
- HardyGuHo2008: molecular data, phylogeny, taxonomy, 51-71
- Koteja1974b: distribution, taxonomy, 73
- Maskel1893a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 228-229
- Maskel1897: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 318-319
- MorrisMo1922: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 51-54
- RossHaOk2012: phylogeny, taxonomy, 199
- Willia1985: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 338-340
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 251
- WilliaMi1999: life history, taxonomy, 522