Taxonomy
provided by EOL authors
The scale insect web catalog - Scale Net - provides details on the nomenclature and a number of references specifically regarding keys for this genus. This site names 9 species of Monophlebulus. BenDov, 2005 provides a detailed catalog of the family.
Brief Summary
provided by EOL authors
A slow moving wingless Hemiptera that feeds on plant sap. This Genus is found in Australia and South East Asia and is know to feed on Eucalyptus and Callistemon among other species. Some are colourful, beneath their white, waxy fluffy coating - including bright orange and blue. Some are as large as 25mm and even as adults they look rather like insect larvae. The females are wingless. Like some other mealybugs members of this Genus are occassionally tended by ants.
Associations
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Like some other mealybugs members of this Genus are occassionally tended by ants. There is one reference to them being tended by Rhytidoponera metallica. One species has been observed to live on Eucalyptus vimanalis.
