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Species Parlatoria proteus (Curtis, 1843)

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Species Parlatoria proteus (Curtis, 1843)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

NEW SOUTH WALES: Sydney; QUEENSLAND: Brisbane; Cairns; Cleveland; Highgate Hill; Horne Is.; Mackay; Mareeba; Nambour; Thornlands; Townsville; WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Perth; Central America; Europe; South Pacific; West Indies.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, WA: 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), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • Queensland: NE coastal
    • Western Australia: SW coastal
  • Federated States of Micronesia
  • Hawaii
  • Papua New Guinea

Nearctic Region

  • United States of America

Neotropical Region

  • Brazil

Oriental Region

  • China (People's Republic)
  • India
  • Indonesia
    • Java
  • Malaysia
    • (Mainland)
  • Philippines
  • Sri Lanka
  • Taiwan

Palaearctic Region

  • Japan
  • United Kingdom
    • England

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Livistona australis (R.Br.) Mart. [ARECACEAE] Cabbage Tree; Prunus persica (L.) Batsch [ROSACEAE] Peach, Nectarine; Aglaonema sp. [ARACEAE]; Citrus sp. [RUTACEAE]; Columnea sp. [GESNERIACEAE]; Cymbidium sp. [ORCHIDACEAE]; Dendrobium bigibbum Lindl. & Paxton [ORCHIDACEAE]; Dendrobium sp. [ORCHIDACEAE]; Malus sylvestris Mill. [ROSACEAE]; Pinus insignis Loudon [PINACEAE]; Prunus domestica L. [ROSACEAE]; Pyrus communis L. [ROSACEAE]; Vanda sp. [ORCHIDACEAE]; Vanda teres Lindl. [ORCHIDACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Cycadaceae, Orchidaceae.

 

General References

Beardsley, J.W. 1966. Insects of Micronesia. Homoptera: Coccoidea. Insects of Micronesia 6: 377-562 [551-552] (as Parlatoria proteus)

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 Parlatoria proteus)

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 [114-115] (as Parlatoria proteus)

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 [320-321] (as Parlatoria proteus)

Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 599-610 [602] (as Parlatoria proteus; description)

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

Fuller, C. 1899. Notes and descriptions of some species of Western Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1899: 435-473 [466] (as Parlatoria proteus)

Maskell, W.M. 1893. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species from Australia, India, Sandwich Islands, Demerara, and South Pacific. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 25: 201-252 [213] (as Parlatoria proteus)

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 [6] (as Parlatoria proteus)

Maskell, W.M. 1897. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species and discussions of points of interest. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 29: 293-331 [300] (as Parlatoria proteus)

McKenzie, H.L. 1945. A revision of Parlatoria and closely allied genera (Homoptera, Coccoidea, Diaspididae). Microentomology 10: 47-121 [72-73] (as Parlatoria proteus; description; illustration)

Morrison, H. 1939. Taxonomy of some scale insects of the genus Parlatoria encountered in plant quarantine inspection work. Miscellaneous Publication United States Department of Agriculture 344: 1-34 [22-24] (as Parlatoria proteus; description; illustration)

Newstead, R. 1908. On a collection of Coccidae and other insects affecting some cultivated and wild plants in Java and in tropical Western Africa. Journal of Economic Biology. London 3: 33-42 [37] (as Parlatoria proteus)

Signoret, V. 1869. Essai sur les cochenilles ou gallinsectes (Homoptères – Coccides) 5e partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 9: 431-452 [450-451] (as Parlatoria proteus; description; illustration)

Takagi, S. 1969. Diaspididae of Taiwan based on material collected in connection with the Japan-U.S. Co-operative Science Programme, 1965 (Homoptera: Coccoidea) Part 1. Insecta Matsumurana 32: 1-110 [34] (as Parlatoria proteus; description)

Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W. 1988. The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Part 1. The armoured scales (Diaspididae). London : CAB International Institute of Entomology 290 pp. [209-211] (as Parlatoria proteus)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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