Valid Names Results
Eriococcus syncarpiae (Froggatt, 1915) (Eriococcidae: Eriococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Gossyparia syncarpiae Froggatt 1915: 1064. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Gosford, on Syncarpia laurifolia. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; Orange: Agricultural Scientific Collections Unit, Orange Agricultural Institute, NSW, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: Two slides containing 8 adult females all in poor condition in the BMNH. In addition, there are syntypes in ASCT. Type depository information provided by Gullan (personal communication, June 10, 1996). Illustr.
- Eriococcus syncarpiae (Froggatt, 1915); Kozár 2009: 101. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Myrtaceae
- Syncarpia glomulifera | Frogga1915 | (= Syncarpia laurifolia)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Australia
- New South Wales | Frogga1915
Keys
Remarks
- Structure: Adult female rests upon a cushion of cottony secretion, in which she is encircled, but the greater part of the dorsal surface is exposed. General color is a dull purplish-black, convex, broadly rounded (Froggatt, 1915).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration by Froggatt (1915).
Illustrations
Citations
- Frogga1915: description, host, taxonomy, 1064
- Frogga1921a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 70
- Hoy1962: taxonomy, 22
- Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 132
- Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 101
- MillerGi2000: catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 353
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 237