Valid Names Results
Peridiococcus ethelae (Fuller, 1897) (Pseudococcidae: Peridiococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Sphaerococcus ethelae Fuller 1897a: 1346. Type data: AUSTALIA: Western Australia, Swan River, on Casuarina sp.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (HendriKo1999,156). Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
- Peridiococcus ethelae (Fuller, 1897); Williams 1985: 260. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 2
- Casuarinaceae
- Allocasuarina luehmannii | BenDov1994 Willia1985 | (= Casuarina luehmannii)
- Casuarina | HendriKo1999
- Casuarina cristata | BenDov1994 Willia1985
- Casuarina glauca | BenDov1994 Willia1985
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Australia
- New South Wales | BenDov1994 HendriKo1999 Willia1985
- Queensland | BenDov1994 Willia1985
- South Australia | BenDov1994 Willia1985
- Victoria | BenDov1994 Willia1985
- Western Australia | BenDov1994 Fuller1897b HendriKo1999
Keys
- HendriKo1999: pp.154 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
- Willia1985: pp.260 ( Adult (F) ) [Australia]
Remarks
- Biology: Causes scars on the branches of several species of Casuarina.
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Williams (1985).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 302
- Fuller1897b: taxonomy, 1346
- Fuller1897c: taxonomy, 1-15
- Fuller1899: description, taxonomy, 449-450
- Gavril2018: reproduction, 225
- HardyGuHo2008: molecular data, phylogeny, taxonomy, 51-71
- HendriKo1999: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 155-156
- MillerGuWi1998: taxonomy, 291
- Willia1985: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 260-263
