Valid Names Results

Pseudoripersia turgipes (Maskell, 1893) (Pseudococcidae: Pseudoripersia)

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

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

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).