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Species Abgrallaspis cyanophylli (Signoret, 1869)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

NEW SOUTH WALES: Alstonville, Castle Hill, Lidcombe, Mullumbimby, Piggabeen; QUEENSLAND: Atherton, Brisbane, Bundaberg, Cleveland, Crystal Ck, Daintree, Eumundi, Grantham, Gympie, Indooroopilly, Lake Freshwater Cooloola Nat. Pk, Miriwinni, Mt Nathan, Nambour, Noosa, Palmwoods, Redlands, The Gap, Tingalpa, Toowong, South Pacific.


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: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

  • Kenya
  • Mauritius

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • Norfolk Island
    • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Federated States of Micronesia

Nearctic Region

  • Mexico
  • United States of America

Neotropical Region

  • Brazil
  • Cuba
  • Mexico
  • Venezuela

Oriental Region

  • Sri Lanka
  • Taiwan

Palaearctic Region

  • France
  • Germany
  • Japan
  • United Kingdom
    • England

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Annona reticulata L. [ANNONACEAE] Custard Apple; Melaleuca linariifolia Sm. [MYRTACEAE] Flax-leaved Paperbark; Annona squamosa L. [ANNONACEAE] Sugar Apple; Lophostemon suaveolens (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh. [MYRTACEAE] Swamp Mahogany; Alternanthera ficoides L. [AMARANTHACEAE]; Callistemon sp. [MYRTACEAE]; Cocos nucifera L. [ARECACEAE]; Macadamia sp. [PROTEACEAE]; Musa sp. [MUSACEAE]; Tristania sp. [MYRTACEAE]; Trichocereus sp. [CACTACEAE]; Rosa sp. [ROSACEAE]; Plumeria rubra L. [APOCYNACEAE]; Persea americana Miller [LAURACEAE]; Opuntia sp. [CACTACEAE]; Musa banksii F.Muell. [MUSACEAE]; Rubachia glomerata O.Berg [MYRTACEAE]; Macadamia integrifolia Maiden & Betche [PROTEACEAE]; Howea sp. [ARECACEAE]; Chrysophyllum cainito L. [SAPOTACEAE]; Bryophyllum tubiflorum Harv. [CRASSULACEAE]; Amyema congener (Sieber ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Tiegh. [LORANTHACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Amaranthaceae, Cactaceae, Commelinaceae; Marlierea edulis (Neid, 1893) is a synonym of Rubachia glomerata.

 

General References

Beardsley, J.W. 1966. Insects of Micronesia. Homoptera: Coccoidea. Insects of Micronesia 6: 377-562 [520] (as Hemiberlesia cyanophylli)

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 [59-61] (as Acyanophylli cyanophylli; description; illustration)

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 [255] (as Aspidiotus cyanophylli)

Houser, J.S. 1918. The Coccidae of Cuba. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 11: 157-172 [165] (as Aspidiotus cyanophylli)

Kuwana, I. 1933. The diaspine Coccidae of Japan, VII. Scientific Bulletin of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Japan, Tokyo 3: 1-42 [7-8] (as Aspidiotus cyanophylli; 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 [78-79] (as Hemiberlesia cyanophylli)

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. [22-24] (as Abgrallaspis cyanophylli)

 

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 15-Jun-2023 MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018 COCCOIDEA 15-Jun-2023 MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018 DIASPIDIDAE 15-Jun-2023 MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018 15-Jun-2023 MODIFIED
21-Nov-2012 15-Jun-2023 MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012 15-Jun-2023 MODIFIED
15-Jun-2023 MODIFIED