Valid Names Results

Torarchus endocanthium Gullan & Stewart, 1996 (Coccidae: Torarchus)

Nomenclatural History

Torarchus endocanthium Gullan & Stewart 1996: 310. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Mt. Crosby, off Crosby Rd & Bunya St., on Canthium odoratum.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Rubiaceae

Psydrax odorata | GullanSt1996 | (= Canthium odoratum)

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Australia

Queensland | GullanSt1996

Keys

Remarks

Biology: Lives in chambers of an ant, Podomyrma sp., inside the stems of Canthium odoratum (Gullan & Stewart, 1996).
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of adult female by Gullan & Stewart (1996).

Illustrations

Citations

GullanSt1996: description, distribution, host, illustration, life history, taxonomy, 307-314