Valid Names Results

Madarococcus occultus Hardy & Gullan, 2008 (Eriococcidae: Madarococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Madarococcus occultus Hardy & Gullan 2008: 369-373, 393-395. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Tasmania, 32 km [20 miles] W of Maydena, in ovisac under twig bract on N. cunninghamii, 6/26/1972, by J. W. Beardsley. Holotype, female, Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes. Tasmania: 16 adult females (11 slides), eight of which are in poor condition, badly damaged by fungus, same data as holotype (BPBM).

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• HardyGuHo2008: pp.375-376 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Madarococcus based on adult females]

Remarks

• Systematics: M. occultus more closely resembles the Chilean species M. eurythrix than it does any of the Australasian species. (Hardy, et al., 2008)
• Structure: The body of the adult female is orangebrown. The body outline is ovate to turbinate. Eyespot just ventrad of margin. Antennae 6-segmented. (Hardy, et al., 2008)
• Biology: The female of this species lives under the bracts of N. cunninghamii with its posterior margin protruding (Hardy, et al., 2008)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hardy, et al., 2008.

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