Species Floracoccus elevans (Maskell, 1895)
- Sphaerococcus elevans Maskell, W.M. 1895. Further coccid notes: with description of new species from New Zealand, Australia, Sandwich Islands, and elsewhere, and remarks upon many species already reported. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 27: 36-75 [68].
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder.
GENERAL
Original description and illustration by Maskell, W.M. 1895. Further coccid notes: with description of new species from New Zealand, Australia, Sandwich Islands, and elsewhere, and remarks upon many species already reported. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 27: 36–75. Subsequent description and illustration by Beardsley, J.W. 1974. A new genus of Coccoidea from Australian eucalyptus (Homoptera). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 21: 325–328.
SYSTEMATICS
Slide-mounted adult female without enlarged setae; antennae 1-segmented; legs vestigial; centralized boss on dorsum consisting of narrow rim and 35–45 pouch-like cecae; without tubular ducts (see Beardsley, J.W. 1974. A new genus of Coccoidea from Australian eucalyptus (Homoptera). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 21: 325–328).