Species Lepidosaphes ulmi (Linnaeus, 1758)

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• Coccus ulmi Linnaeus, C. 1758. II. Hemiptera. pp. 434-457 in Linnaeus, C. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [455].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Europe.

  Type host:

   Ulmus carpinifolia Ruppius ex Suckow [ULMACEAE]
• Aspidiotus falciformis Baerensprung, F.v. 1849. Beobachtungen über einige einheimische arten aus der familie der coccinen. Zeitung für Zoologie, Zootomie, und Palaeozoologie 1: 165-170 [168].
• Aspidiotus juglandis Fitch, A. 1856. The pine-leaf scale insect, Aspidiotus pinifoliae, new species. In Second Rpt. on Noxious, Beneficial, and Other Insects of the State of New York, N.Y. Transactions of the New York State Agricultural Society 15(1855): 488-494.
• Aspidiotus pomorum Bouché, P.F. 1851. Neue Arten der Schildlausfamilie. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 12: 110-112 [110] [illustration].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

QUEENSLAND: N Qld; Mt Glorious; Stanthorpe; VICTORIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Mount Barker; America; Europe; Sandwich Is.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Victoria
  • Western Australia: SW coastal
• Hawaii
• New Zealand

Nearctic Region

• Canada
• United States of America

Neotropical Region

• Brazil

Palaearctic Region

• Algeria
• Israel
• Japan

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Scolopia braunii (Klotzsch) Sleumer [SALICACEAE] Brown Birch; Malus sylvestris Mill. [ROSACEAE]).

 

General References

Bodenheimer, F.S. 1924. The Coccidae of Palestine. First report on this family. Zionist Organization Institute of Agriculture and Natural History, Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 1: 1-100 [53-54] (as Lepidosaphes ulmi; description)

Brimblecombe, A.R. 1962. Studies of the Coccoidea. 12. Species occurring on deciduous fruit and nut trees in Queensland. Queensland Journal of Agricultural Science 19: 219-229 [224] (as Lepidosaphes ulmi)

Comstock, J.H. 1881. Report of the Entomologist. Part II. Report on scale insects. Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture 1880–1881: 276-349 [325-326] (as Mytilaspis pomorum; description; illustration)

Comstock, J.H. 1883. Second report on scale insects, including a monograph of the sub-family Diaspidinae of the family Coccidae and a list, with notes of the other species of scale insects found in North America. Cornell University Agricultural Experimental Station, Department of Entomology Report 2: 47-142 [118-121] (as Mytilaspis pomorum)

Fernald, M.E. 1903. A catalogue of the Coccidae of the world. Bulletin of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College 88: 1-360 [314-317] (as Lepidosaphes ulmi)

Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 677-684 [682-683] (as Mytilaspis pomorum; description)

Fuller, C. 1897. Some Coccidae of Western Australia. Journal of Western Australia Bureau of Agriculture 4: 1344-1346 [1344] (as Mytilaspis pomorum)

Fuller, C. 1899. Notes and descriptions of some species of Western Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1899: 435-473 [469] (as Mytilaspis pomorum)

Leonardi, G. 1898. Monografia del genre Mytilaspis. Rivista di Patologia Vegetale 6: 45-78 [47] (as Mytilaspis pomorum)

MacGillivray, A.D. 1921. The Coccidae. Tables for the identification of the subfamilies and some of the more important genera and species together with discussions of their anatomy and life history. Urbana, Illinois : Scarab Company vi 502 pp. [284-285] (as Lepidosaphes ulmi)

Maskell, W.M. 1895. Synoptical list of Coccidae reported from Australasia and the Pacific Islands up to December 1894. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 27: 1-35 [8] (as Mytilaspis pomorum)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
14-Dec-2022	DIASPIDIDAE	29-May-2023	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018	COCCOIDEA	29-May-2023	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018	DIASPIDIDAE	29-May-2023	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018		29-May-2023	MODIFIED
21-Nov-2012		29-May-2023	MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012		29-May-2023	MODIFIED
		29-May-2023	MODIFIED