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Phloeococcus cordylinidis Hoy, 1962 (Eriococcidae: Phloeococcus)

Phloeococcus cordylinidis Hoy 1962: 168-169. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: South Island, Nelson, on Cordyline australis, 29/05/1935, by G. Brittin. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae elongate, cylindrical, sides concave basally, apices slightly rounded, all approximately same size, abundant over dorsum; anal lobes nodulose, heavily sclerotized, series of teeth on ridge across venter of lobe, numerous enlarged setae on dorsal surface; nodulose plate anterior of anal lobes; dorsum of posterior abdominal segments sclerotized; multilocular pores predominantly with more than 5 loculi; macrotubular ducts absent; microtubular ducts elongate, without sclerotized area (Hoy, 1962).
Structure: Adult body is elongate, pyriform, with conspicuous segmentation and does not form a sac (Hoy, 1962).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Hoy (1962).