Valid Names Results
Sphaerococcus casuarinae Maskell, 1892 (Pseudococcidae: Sphaerococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Sphaerococcus casuarinae Maskell 1892: 39. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Victoria, on Casuarina quadrivalvis [= verticillata]. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Willia1985,359). Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 2
- Casuarinaceae
- Allocasuarina luehmannii | BenDov1994 Willia1985 | (= Casuarina luehmannii),(= Casuarina stricta)
- Allocasuarina verticillata | BenDov1994 HendriKo1999 Maskel1892 | (= Casuarina quadrivalvis)
- Casuarina | HendriKo1999
- Casuarina glauca | BenDov1994 Willia1985
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Australia
- New South Wales | BenDov1994 Willia1985
- Queensland | BenDov1994 Willia1985
- South Australia | BenDov1994 HendriKo1999 Willia1985
- Victoria | BenDov1994 HendriKo1999 Willia1985
Keys
- HendriKo1999: pp.166 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
Remarks
- Biology: Occurring amongst the small scales clothing the bases of the long pointed galls formed by Cylindrococcus casuarinae(Maskell, 1892).
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Williams (1985) and by Hendricks & Kosztarab (1999).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 482
- DeitzTo1980: taxonomy, 53
- HardyGuHo2008: molecular data, phylogeny, taxonomy, 51-71
- HendriKo1999: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 166-169
- Maskel1892: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 39-41
- MillerGuWi1998: taxonomy, 289-290
- Willia1985: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 359-361
