The Eriococcid Scale Insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae) of South Africa

Compiled by Ian Millar

Biosystematics Division, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Council, P. Bag X134, Pretoria, 0001 South Africa

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Family: ERIOCOCCIDAE

Three species of Eriococcidae occur in South Africa. These distribution records are published in Hoy (1963) and Marotta & Garonna (1992 [1991]); refer also to an electronic catalogue of the family Eriococcidae which is available at ScaleNet.

1. Genus: Calycicoccus
   1. C. merwei Brain, 1918
   
   
2. Genus: Eriococcus
   1. E. araucariae Maskell, 1879
   2. E. coccineus Cockerell, 1894

References

HOY, J.M. 1963.

A catalogue of the Eriococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea) of the world. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin 150: 1-260.

MAROTTA, S. & GARONNA, A.P. 1992 (1991).

[New and little known Homoptera Coccoidea of cacti and succulent plants in Italy.] Homoptera Coccoidea nuovi e poco conosciuti delle piante grasse in Italia. (In Italian). Proceedings of the Sixteenth Italian National Congress of Entomology. (Atti XVI Congresso Nazionale italiano di Entomologia): 741-746.