Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Cypericoccus multipora Williams, 1985

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Species Cypericoccus multipora Williams, 1985

  • Cypericoccus multipori Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. [103].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC ♀, AUSTRALIA: Western Australia, Midland Junction nr Perth.
    Type host:
     Cyperus rotundus L. [CYPERACEAE] (on inflorescence)

 

Distribution

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Cyperus rotundus L. [CYPERACEAE]; Mesomelaena tetragona (R.Br.) Benth. [CYPERACEAE]).

 

General References

Ben-Dov, Y. 1994. A Systematic Catalogue of the Mealybugs of the World (Insecta: Homoptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae and Putoidae) with Data on Geographical Distribution, Host Plants, Biology and Economic Importance. Andover, UK : Intercept Limited 686 pp. [111] (catalogue)

Hendricks, H. & Kosztarab, M. 1999. Revision of the Tribe Serrolecaniini (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). Berlin & New York : de Gruyter xiv 213 pp. (taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution)