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Sphaerococcus tormentosus Fuller, 1899 (Pseudococcidae: Sphaerococcus)

Sphaerococcus tormentosus Fuller 1899: 450. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Western Australia, Swan River, on Melaleuca sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Sphaerococcus tomentosus Fuller, 1899; Girault 1940: 149. misspelling of species epithet

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

Structure: According to Fuller (1899) the adult females usually congregate together and secrete quantities of white wooly wax. The tests are subglobular with a central, longitudinal series of filaments. The first instar is yellow, elongate with 2 conspicuous anal tubercles. The adult male is brownish yellow and elongate.
General Remarks: This species was placed in the Eriococcidae by Afifi & Kosztarab (1967), but no generic assignment has been made for its inclusion. The most detailed description of the female and first instar is by Fuller (1899); Afifi and Kosztarab (1967) presented a detailed description of the adult male.