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Genus Torarchus Gullan & Stewart, 1996

  • Torarchus Gullan, P.J. & Stewart, A.C. 1996. A new genus and species of ant-associated coccid (Hemiptera: Coccidae: Myzolecaniinae) from Canthium Lam. (Rubiaceae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39: 307-314 [308].
    Type species:
     Torarchus endocanthium Gullan & Stewart, 1996 by monotypy.

 

GENERAL

Definition and characters by Gullan, P.J. & Stewart, A.C. 1996. A new genus and species of ant-associated coccid (Hemiptera: Coccidae: Myzolecaniinae) from Canthium Lam. (Rubiaceae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39: 307–314.

SYSTEMATICS

Subfamily: Myzolecaniinae.

 

General References

Gullan, P.J. & Stewart, A.C. 1996. A new genus and species of ant-associated coccid (Hemiptera: Coccidae: Myzolecaniinae) from Canthium Lam. (Rubiaceae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39: 307-314 [308-313] (taxonomy, description)