Genus Aclerda Signoret, 1874

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• Aclerda Signoret, V. 1874. Essai sur les cochenilles ou gallinsectes (Homoptères – Coccides), 12e partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 5 4: 87-106 [96].

  Type species:

   Aclerda subterraneai Signoret, 1874 by monotypy.
• Pseudolecanium Cockerell, T.D.A. 1896. Preliminary diagnoses of new Coccidae. Psyche (Cambridge) Supplement 4[1894–1896]: 18-21 [19].

  Type species:

   Pseudolecanium tokionis Cockerell, 1896 by original designation.
• Acierda Balachowsky, A.S. 1939. Contribution à l'étude des coccids du nord-Africain. I. Un Aclerda nouveau vivant sur alfa en Algérie. II. Remarques sur les Aclerda Paléarctiques. Annales de l'École Nationale d'Agriculture de Grignon [1939]: 45-57 [47] [incorrect subsequent spelling; name not available].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [21]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia

ID Keys

(Kosztarab, M., 1996) [311] (female; northeastern North America); (Wang, T.C., 1994) [256] (female; China); (Yang, P.L., 1982) [192] (female; China); (Borchsenius, N.S., 1960) [260-261] (female, larva; Russia); (McConnell, H.S., 1954) [24-28] (female; world); (McConnell, H.S., 1954) [28-31; nymph; world); (Teague, M.M., 1925) [435-436] (female; world); (Lawson, P.B., 1917) [189] (female; USA, Kansas)

 

GENERAL

Good definition and characters given by Ferris, G.F. 1955. Atlas of the Scale Insects of North America, v. 7, the Families Aclerdidae, Asterolecaniidae, Conchaspididae Dactylopiidae and Lacciferidae. iii. Palo Alto, California : Stanford University Press 233 pp., Borchsenius, N.S. 1960. Fauna of USSR, Homoptera, Kermococcidae, Asterolecaniidae, Lecanidodiaspididae, Aclerdidae. Leningrad : Aka. Nauk SSR Zool. Inst. 282 pp., Wang, T.C. 1994. [Economic insect fauna of China: Homoptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae, Asterolecaniidae, Lecanodiaspididae, Cerococcidae, Aclerdidae]. Beijing, P. R. China : Science Press Vol. 43 302 pp. and by Kosztarab, M. 1996. Scale insects of Northeastern North America. Identification, biology, and distribution. Martinsburg, Virginia : Virginia Museum of Natural History 650 pp..

 

General References

Ali, S.M. 1970. A catalogue of the Oriental Coccoidea. (Part IV) (Insecta: Homoptera: Coccoidea). Indian Museum Bulletin 5: 71-150 [131] (taxonomy)

Borchsenius, N.S. 1960. Fauna of USSR, Homoptera, Kermococcidae, Asterolecaniidae, Lecanidodiaspididae, Aclerdidae. Leningrad : Aka. Nauk SSR Zool. Inst. 282 pp. [259-261] (taxonomy, description)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. On the habits and structure of the coccid genus Margarodes. American Naturalist 33: 415-417 [19] (taxonomy)

Ferris, G.F. 1955. Atlas of the Scale Insects of North America. v. 7. The Families Aclerdidae, Asterolecaniidae, Conchaspididae Dactylopiidae and Lacciferidae. (Part 3). Palo Alto, California : Stanford University Press Vol. 7(3) 233 pp. [2-3] (taxonomy, description)

Gill, R.J. 1993. The Scale Insects of California: The Minor Families (Homoptera : Coccoidea). Sacramento, California : California Dept of Food & Agriculture Part 2. [124] (taxonomy)

Gómez-Menor Ortega, J. 1937. Cóccidos de España. Madrid : Instituto de Investigaciones Agronómicas, Estación 432 pp. [316] (taxonomy, description)

Kosztarab, M. 1996. Scale insects of Northeastern North America. Identification, biology, and distribution. Martinsburg, Virginia : Virginia Museum of Natural History 650 pp. [310-311] (taxonomy, description)

Kosztarab, M. & Kozár, F. 1988. Scale Insects of Central Europe. Budapest : Akadémiai Kiado 456 pp. [259-260] (taxonomy, confirmed the synonymy of Pseudolecanium with Aclerda by Fernald (1903b))

Koteja, J. 1974. Comparative studies on the labium in the Coccinea (Homoptera). Zeszyty Naukowe Akademii Rolniczej we Warszawie, Rozprawy Naukowe 89: 1-162 [82] (taxonomy)

Kozár, F. & Drozdják, J. 1998. Aclerididae. In, Kozár, F. (ed.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coccoidea. Budapest, Hungary : Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences 526 pp. [11] (catalogue)

Kuwana, S.I. 1932. The genus Aclerda in Japan, including Formosa. Philippine Journal of Science 48: 57-66 [58-62] (taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution)

Lawson, P.B. 1917. Scale insects injurious to fruit and shade trees. The Coccidae of Kansas. Bulletin of the University of Kansas. Biological Series 18: 161-279 [189-190] (taxonomy, description)

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. [175, 182] (taxonomy)

Mamet, J.R. 1949. An annotated catalogue of the Coccoidea of Mauritius. Mauritius Institute Bulletin 3: 1-81 [18] (taxonomy)

McConnell, H.S. 1954. A classification of the coccid family Aclerdidae (Coccoidea, Homoptera). Bulletin of the Maryland Agriculture Experiment Station A75: 1-121 [1-121] (taxonomy, description, key)

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 [2, 166] (taxonomy, catalogue)

Signoret, V. 1874. Essai sur les cochenilles ou gallinsectes (Homoptères – Coccides), 12e partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 5 4: 87-106 [96] (taxonomy, description)

Tao, C.C.C. 1978. Checklist and host plant index to scale insects of Taiwan, Republic of China. Journal of Agricultural Research China. Taiwan 27: 77-141 [77] (taxonomy)

Tao, C.C.C. 1999. List of Coccoidea (Homoptera) of China. Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Special Publication No. 78: 1-176 [50] (taxonomy)

Teague, M.M. 1925. A review of the genus Aclerda (Hemiptera; Coccidoidea). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 18: 432-441 [432-435] (taxonomy, description)

Wang, T.C. 1994. [Economic insect fauna of China: Homoptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae, Asterolecaniidae, Lecanodiaspididae, Cerococcidae, Aclerdidae]. Beijing, P. R. China : Science Press Vol. 43 302 pp. [258-259] (taxonomy, description)

 

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