Species Alecanopsis filicum (Maskell, 1894)

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• Lecanopsis filicum Maskell, W.M. 1894. On a new species of coccid on fern roots. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 8: 225-226 [225].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NZAC ♀, AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Kurrajong Heights, near Richmond.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Hodgson, C.J. 1994. The scale insect family Coccidae: an identification manual to genera. Wallingford, Oxon, UK : CAB International Institute of Entomology 639 pp. [111].

  Type host:

   Blechnum neohollandicum [BLECHNACEAE]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

GENERAL

Description and illustration of adult female by Morrison, H. & Morrison, E.R. 1922. A redescription of the type species of the genera of Coccidae based on species originally described by Maskell. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60: 1–120 and by Hodgson, C.J. 1994. The scale insect family Coccidae: an identification manual to genera. Wallingford, Oxon, UK : CAB International Institute of Entomology 639 pp..

BIOLOGY

Lives on roots of the host plant, see Maskell, W.M. 1894. On a new species of coccid on fern roots. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 8: 225–226.

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