Species Antecerococcus stellatus (Maskell, 1897)

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• Planchonia bryoides stellatus Maskell, W.M. 1897. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species and discussions of points of interest. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 29: 293-331 [315].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NZAC ♀, AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Cumberland District.

  Type host:

   Exocarpos cupressiformis [SANTALACEAE]

Generic Combinations

• Antecerococcus stellatus (Maskell, 1897).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Lambdin, P.L., 1987) [102] (female; Cerococcus species of the Australian region); (Hamon, A.B. & Kosztarab, M., 1979) [17] (first instar; Cerococcus first instars); (Lambdin, P.L. & Kosztarab, M., 1977) [44] (female; species of Cerococcus)

GENERAL

Detailed description and illustration by Lambdin, P.L. & Kosztarab, M. 1977. Morphology and systematics of the adult females of the genus Cerococcus (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Cerococcidae). Research Division Bulletin Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 128: 1–252. Hamon, A.B. & Kosztarab, M. 1979. Morphology and systematics of the first instars of the genus Cerococcus (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Cerococcidae). Bulletin of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Research Division 146: 1–122 provide a detailed description and illustration of the first instar.

SYSTEMATICS

Cerococcus stellatus is unique in having multilocular pores absent on venter (see Lambdin, P.L. & Kosztarab, M. 1977. Morphology and systematics of the adult females of the genus Cerococcus (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Cerococcidae). Research Division Bulletin Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 128: 1–252).

STRUCTURE

Adult female body is nearly circular, excluding the protruding caudal apex of the abdomen (see Morrison, H. & Morrison, E.R. 1927. The Maskell species of scale insects of the subfamily Asterolecaniinae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 71: 1–67). Test of female stellate (see Lambdin, P.L. & Kosztarab, M. 1977. Morphology and systematics of the adult females of the genus Cerococcus (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Cerococcidae). Research Division Bulletin Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 128: 1–252).

Common Name References

Maskell, W.M. 1897. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species and discussions of points of interest. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 29: 293-331 (Star Scale)

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