Species Akermes scrobiculatus (Maskell, 1893)

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Regional Maps

• Lecanium scrobiculatum 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 [221].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NZAC , AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Whitton.

  Type host:

   Acacia sp. [FABACEAE]
• Lecanium pingue Maskell, W.M. 1895. Further coccid notes: with description of new species from New Zealand, Australia, Sandwich Islands, and elsewhere, and remarks upon many species already reported. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 27: 36-75 [58].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Froggatt, W.W. 1915. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects ('Coccidae') of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 26: 411-423, 511-516, 603-615, 754-764, 1055-1064 [612] (synonymy of Lecanium pingue Maskell, 1895)

Generic Combinations

• Lecanium scrobiculatum pingue (Maskell, 1895). —
  Maskell, W.M. 1896. Further coccid notes, with descriptions of new species and discussions of questions of interest. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 28: 380-411 [dated 1895] [392] (change of status)
• Akermes pinguis (Maskell, 1895). —
  Cockerell, T.D.A. 1902. A contribution to the knowledge of the Coccidae. Appendix. Some Brazilian Coccidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 9: 450-456 [453] (change of combination and rank)
• Akermes scrobiculatus (Maskell, 1893). —
  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 [178] (change of combination)

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

GENERAL

Description and illustration of adult female by Froggatt, W.W. 1915. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects ('Coccidae') of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 26: 411–423, 511–516, 603–615, 754–764, 1055–1064.

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