Valid Names Results

Stegococcus oleariae Hoy, 1962 (Eriococcidae: Stegococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Stegococcus oleariae Hoy 1962: 186. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: South Island, Waipara, on Olearia macrodonta, ?/12/1915, by G. Brittin. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Hender2006: pp.54 ( Adult (F) ) [] Key as: Key to adult females of Stegococcus

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae absent; body setae scattered over surface; derm of dorsum nodulose; macrotubular ducts confined to ventral abdominal segments; microtubular ducts absent (Hoy, 1962).
• Structure: Adult females form galls on leaves of host. The galls open on upper leaf surface, but cause a swelling on both sides of the leaf. Body shape elongate oval. Female does not form sac and body is associated with a bit of powdery wax (Hoy, 1962).
• General Remarks: Detailed description by Hoy (1962).

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