Species Aonidiella comperei McKenzie, 1937

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Species Aonidiella comperei McKenzie, 1937

Aonidiella comperei McKenzie, H.L. 1937. Morphological differences distinguishing California red scale, yellow scale, and related species (Homoptera, Diaspididae). University of California Publications in Entomology 6: 323-335 [327].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, locality unknown.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Raventhorpe; Kiribati.

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

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Western Australia: SW coastal
Federated States of Micronesia
Papua New Guinea

Oriental Region

India

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Musa sp. [MUSACEAE]).

Species Note

There are three specimens from Diospyros digyna from Derby Botanical Gardens, WA (a), two of which have no perivulvar pores while the other has two groups of two each. It is possible that inornata is a synonym of comperei.

General References

Beardsley, J.W. 1966. Insects of Micronesia. Homoptera: Coccoidea. Insects of Micronesia 6: 377-562 [509-510] (as Aonidiella comperei)

McKenzie, H.L. 1938. The genus Aonidiella (Homoptera, Coccoidea, Diaspididae). Microentomology 3: 1-36 [8] (as Aonidiella comperi; description; illustration)

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. [37-40] (as Aonidiella comperei)

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
14-Dec-2022	DIASPIDIDAE	29-May-2023	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018	COCCOIDEA	29-May-2023	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018	DIASPIDIDAE	29-May-2023	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018		29-May-2023	MODIFIED
21-Nov-2012		29-May-2023	MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012		29-May-2023	MODIFIED
		29-May-2023	MODIFIED

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