Genus Austrotachardia Chamberlin, 1923

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• Austrotachardia Chamberlin, J.C. 1923. A systematic monograph of the Tachardiinae or lac insects (Coccidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 14: 147-212 [194].

  Type species:

   Tachardia angulata Froggatt, 1911 by original designation.

ID Keys

[386-387] (female; Kerriidae); (Varshney, R.K., 1976) [14] (female; genera of Tachardiinae); (Kapur, A.P., 1958) [8] (female; world)

General References

Chamberlin, J.C. 1923. A systematic monograph of the Tachardiinae or lac insects (Coccidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 14: 147-212 [194-195] (taxonomy, description)

Kapur, A.P. 1958. A catalogue of the lac insects (Lacciferidae, Hemiptera). Ranchi, India : Lac Cess Com. 47 pp. [31-33] (taxonomy, catalogue)

Lindinger, L. 1937. Verzeichnis der Schildläus-Gattungen. (Homoptera - Coccoidea Handlirsch, 1903). Entomologisches Jahrbuch 46: 178-198 [180] (taxonomy)

Lit, I.L. & Gullan, P.J. 2001. Comparative morphology of the anal tubercle and associated structures of some lac insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Kerriidae). Entomologica 33[1999]: 119-126 [119-126] (taxonomy)

Morrison, H. & Morrison, E.R. 1966. An annotated list of generic names of the scale insects (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Miscellaneous Publication United States Department of Agriculture 1015: 1-206 [21] (taxonomy, catalogue)

Sharma, K.K. & Ramani, R. 1999. An update on synoptic catalogue of lac insects (Homoptera: Tachardiidae). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 96(3): 438-443 [438] (taxonomy)

Varshney, R.K. 1970. Lac literature. A bibliography of lac insects and shellac. Calcutta, India : Shellac Export Promotion Council 216 pp. [i-vi] (catalogue)

Varshney, R.K. 1976. Taxonomic studies on lac insects of India (Homoptera: Tachardiidae). Oriental Insects Suppl. No. 5: 1-97 [14-15] (taxonomy)

Varshney, R.K. 1984. A review of the family Tachardiidae (Kerriidae) in the Orient (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Oriental Insects 18: 361-384 [366] (taxonomy)

Zhang, W.B. & Zhang, X.F. 1992. Description of a new genus and two new species of lac insects (Homoptera; Tachardiidae). Oriental Insects 26: 386-390 [386-387] (taxonomy)

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