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Species Melaleucococcus phacelopilus Bhatti, 1990

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Species Melaleucococcus phacelopilus Bhatti, 1990

  • Melaleucococcus phacelopilus Bhatti, S. 1990. A new monophlebine genus (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Margarodidae: Monophlebinae) on Melaleuca L. in Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 495-517 [501].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC ♀, Australian Capital Territory.
    Type host:
     Melaleuca ericifolia Sm. [MYRTACEAE]

 

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

ACT, NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Australian Capital Territory
    • New South Wales

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Melaleuca glaberrima F.Muell. [MYRTACEAE]; Melaleuca nodosa (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Sm. [MYRTACEAE]; Melaleuca ericifolia Sm. [MYRTACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

A univoltine species in Canberra, Australia.