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Paracoccus zealandicus (Ezzat & McConnell)

NOMENCLATURE:

Allococcus zealandicus Ezzat & McConnell, 1956: 21. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: Nelson, Nelson, on Leptospermum scoparium. Holotype female. Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA. Described: female. Illust.

Planococcus zealandicus; Cox & Ben-Dov, 1986: 488. Change of combination.

Paracoccus zealandicus; Cox, 1987: 71. Change of combination.

HOSTS: Avicenniaceae: Avicennia resinifera [Cox1987, BenDov1994]. Epacridaceae: Cyathodes [Cox1987, BenDov1994]. Fagaceae: Nothofagus [Cox1987, BenDov1994]. Myrtaceae: Leptospermum [Cox1987, BenDov1994], Leptospermum scoparium [Cox1987, BenDov1994]. Rutaceae: Citrus [Cox1987, BenDov1994]. Violaceae: Melicytus ramiflorus [Cox1987, BenDov1994].

DISTRIBUTION: Australasian: New Zealand [EzzatMc1956, Cox1987, BenDov1994].

GENERAL REMARKS: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Ezzat & McConnell (1956) and by Cox (1987).

KEYS: Cox 1987: 55 (female) [New Zealand].

CITATIONS: BenDov1994 [catalogue: 279-280]; Cox1987 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 71, 190]; CoxBe1986 [taxonomy: 488]; EzzatMc1956 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 20-22].

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