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Callococcus pulchellus (Maskell, 1897) (Eriococcidae: Callococcus)

Sphaerococcus pulchellus Maskell 1897: 324. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Western Aurtralia, Darling Ranges, on undetermined plant; collected by Lea. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name Notes: Froggatt (1921b) indicated that this species infests Melaleuca sp.
Callococcus pulchellus (Maskell, 1897); Ferris 1918b: 329. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Adult females covered by a waxy test, which is of a very pale-yellow or buff or whitish color. It is very convex and is attached to a twig, either singly or in clusters, by an eliptical base from which the sides swell upwards and outwards with broad and shallow corrugations like the two parts of a bivalve shell, leaving a longitudinal slit through which may be seen an inner shell of the same material. (Maskell, 1897) Illustration of test cover of adult female by Froggatt (1921b).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Maskell (1897). Description and illustration of adult female and first-instar nymph by Morrison & Morrison (1922).