Species Torarchus endocanthium Gullan & Stewart, 1996
- Torarchus endocanthium 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 [310].
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder.
GENERAL
Good description and illustration of adult female 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.
BIOLOGY
Lives in chambers of an ant, Podomyrma sp., inside the stems of Canthium odoratum (see 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).