Species Madarococcus occultus Hardy & Gullan, 2008

Museums

Regional Maps

• Madarococcus occultus Hardy, N.B. & Gullan, P.J. in Hardy, N.B., Gullan, P.J., Henderson, R.C. & Cook, L.G. 2008. Relationships among felt scale insects (Hemiptera : Coccoidea : Eriococcidae) of southern beech, Nothofagus (Nothofagaceae), with the first descriptions of Australian species of the Nothofagus-feeding genus Madarococcus Hoy. Invertebrate Systematics 22(3): 365-405 [393].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC adult ♀ (in ovisac under twig bract on N. cunninghamii), Tas, 32 km [20 miles] W of Maydena.
  Paratype(s) BPBM 16 adult ♀, same data as for holotype.

  Type host:

   Nothofagus cunninghamii [Nothofagaceae] Southern Beech

 

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Tas: Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR)

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Nothofagus cunninghamii [Nothofagaceae] Southern Beech).