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Species Australicoccus hibbertiae (Maskell, 1892)

  • Dactylopius hibbertiae Maskell, W.M. 1892. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species, and remarks on coccids from New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 24: 1-64 [dated 1891] [32].

 

Generic Combinations

  • Pseudococcus hibbertiae. — Fernald, M.E. 1903. A catalogue of the Coccidae of the world. Bulletin of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College 88: 1-360 [103] (change of combination).
  • Australicoccus hibbertiae. — Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. [58] (change of combination).

 

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

 

ID Keys

(Williams, D.J., 1985) [54] (female; Australia)

 

GENERAL

Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp.. Good description and illustration of the first-instar nymph given by Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp..