Family PSEUDOCOCCIDAE
Mealy Bugs
Introduction
The Pseudococcidae are known as the true mealy bugs, so called because many species secrete a thin covering of mealy wax over the body surface.
Numerically, the family is one of the largest of the Coccoidea and contains many injurious species world-wide. The described Australian fauna comprises 65 genera and 208 species and includes pest species, e.g. the cosmopolitan Pseudococcus longispinus, (Furness 1976), as well as introduced species.
References
Furness, G.O. 1976. The dispersal, age-structure and natural enemies of the long-tailed mealybug, Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni-Tozzetti), in relation to sampling and control. Australian Journal of Zoology 24: 237–247
Williams, D.J. 1991. Superfamily Coccoidea. pp. 457–464 in, Chapter 30. Hemiptera (Bugs, leafhoppers, cicadas, aphids, scale insects etc.). pp. 429–509 in CSIRO (ed.). The Insects of Australia: a textbook for students and research workers. Carlton : Melbourne University Press Vol. 1 pp. xiii 542