Monophlebidae (family)

Mealy Bugs at Symonston, ACT

Monophlebidae (family) at Symonston, ACT - 24 Jan 2019 09:14 AM

Monophlebidae (family) at Symonston, ACT - 24 Jan 2019 09:14 AM

Monophlebidae (family) at Symonston, ACT - 24 Jan 2019 09:14 AM

Monophlebidae (family) at Symonston, ACT - 24 Jan 2019 09:14 AM

Monophlebidae (family) at Symonston, ACT - 24 Jan 2019 09:14 AM

Monophlebidae (family) at Symonston, ACT - 24 Jan 2019 09:14 AM

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Identification history

	Monophlebidae (family)	17 Aug 2019	MichaelMulvaney
	Monophlebidae (family)	16 Mar 2019	MichaelBedingfield
	Monophlebulus sp. (genus)	25 Jan 2019	MichaelMulvaney
	Unverified	25 Jan 2019	Christine

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User's notes

Found just inside the Coconut Ant's nest, under the "sawdust" covering.

2 comments

Mike wrote:

26 Jan 2019

It looks like a mealybug. I saw ants trapping a giant snowball mealybug by building around and over it.

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

16 Mar 2019

This one doesn't look like Pseudococcidae sp. (family). How about Monophlebidae sp. (family)

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Location information

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
24 Jan 2019 09:14 AM Recorded on
Christine Recorded by
Collections
Insects Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) Christine Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Monophlebidae (family) Scientific name
Mealy Bugs Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 771m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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