ERIOCOCCIDAE

Hodgson, Chris, 2020, A review of neococcid scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha) based on the morphology of the adult males, Zootaxa 4765 (1), pp. 1-264 : 102

Group C. BSE ERIOCOCCIDAE

Introduction. The molecular studies of Cook and Gullan ( Cook & Gullan 2004; Gullan & Cook 2007; Kondo et al. 2016) found that there was a clade within the Eriococcidae that included E. buxi , the Australian eriococcid genus Cylindrococcus Maskell (1892) ( Fig. 43 ) and the families Beesoniidae and Stictococcidae . In the analysis of Hodgson and Hardy (2013), E. buxi fell within a polytomy which included the acanthococcine eriococcids, possibly because the sensoria on each trochanter are roundish and in a triangle. However, the italicized character-states below separate it quickly from the acanthococcid group, whilst the possession of halteres separates it from the Gondwanan group and from the Stictococcidae and Beesoniidae . These four taxa ( E. buxi , Cylindrococcus , Beesoniidae and Stictococcidae are dealt with separately below.

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FIGURE 43. Cylindrococcus spiniferus Maskell. Macropterous male. (Eriococcidae, BSE clade) (after Gullan 1978). Where B=side view of penial sheath. For abbreviations, see p. 8.