Genus Ascelis Schrader, 1863

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• Ascelis Schrader, H.L. 1863. Observations on certain gall-making Coccidae of Australia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 1: 1-6 [6].

  Type species:

   Ascelis praemollis Schrader, 1863 by monotypy.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

SYSTEMATICS

Slide-mounted adult female with: posterior sclerotized operculum around entire body; without legs; antennae reduced to stub; without tubular ducts (Ferris, G.F. 1957. Notes on some little known genera of the Coccoidea (Homoptera). Microentomology 22: 59–79).

STRUCTURE

Forms small galls on Melaleuca and Eucalyptus species (Gullan, pers. comm., October 27, 1998).

 

General References

Atkinson, E.T. 1886. Insect-pests belonging to the homopterous family Coccidae. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Natural History 55: 267-298 [275] (description, taxonomy)

Beardsley, J.W. 1974. A review of the genus Sphaerococcopsis Cockerell, with descriptions of two new species (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 21: 329-342 [342] (distribution, host, taxonomy)

Beardsley, J.W. 1984. Gall-forming Coccoidea. In, Ananthakrishnan, T.N. (ed.). Biology of Gall Insects. New Delhi : Oxford & IBH. Publ. Co. 400 pp. [84, 85, 103] (distribution, taxonomy)

Brues, C.T., Melander, A.L. & Carpenter, F.M. 1954. Classification of insects. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 108: 1-917 [165] (taxonomy)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1896. A check list of the Coccidae. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History 4: 318-339 [328] (taxonomy)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Article VII. – First supplement to the check-list of the Coccidae. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History 5: 389-398 [393] (taxonomy)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Tables for the determination of the genera of Coccidae. The Canadian Entomologist 31: 273-279, 330-333 [276] (taxonomy)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1902. South African Coccidae. – II. The Entomologist 35: 111-114 [114] (taxonomy)

Ferris, G.F. 1921. Notes on Coccidae – VII, VIII. (Hemiptera). The Canadian Entomologist 53: 57-61, 91-95 [91] (taxonomy)

Ferris, G.F. 1957. A review of the family Eriococcidae (Insecta: Coccoidea). Microentomology 22: 81-89 [84] (taxonomy)

Ferris, G.F. 1957. Notes on some little known genera of the Coccoidea (Homoptera). Microentomology 22: 59-79 [62] (description, taxonomy)

Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on a new classification of the Brachyscelidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa [1893]: 75-76 [75] (taxonomy)

Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with descriptions of new species, Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8: 209-214 [209] (taxonomy)

Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Some account of the gall-making insects of Australia. Australian Natural History 5: 109-114 [112] (taxonomy)

Froggatt, W.W. 1898. The growth of vegetable galls. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 9: 385-391, 488-499 [495] (description, taxonomy)

Froggatt, W.W. 1921. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. (Part II [Concl.]). Science Bulletin, Department of Agriculture, New South Wales 18: 1-159 [114, 153] (description, taxonomy)

Fuller, C. 1897. Some Coccidae of Western Australia. Journal of Western Australia Bureau of Agriculture 4: 1344-1346 [1346] (taxonomy)

Fuller, C. 1899. XIV. Notes and descriptions of some species of Western Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1899: 435-473 [461] (description, taxonomy)

Gullan, P.J. 1983. Spiracular structure of adult females of Apiomorpha Rübsaamen (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 22: 25-29 [28] (behavior, distribution)

Gullan, P.J. 1984. Taxonomy and biology of Australian gall-forming Coccoidea. Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium of Central European Entomofaunistics, Budapest, 15–20 August 1983. 381-383 pp. [381] (taxonomy)

Gullan, P.J. & Cockburn, A. 1986. Sexual dichronism and intersexual phoresy in gall-forming coccoids. Oecologia (Berlin) 68: 632-634 [632] (incorrect synonymy of Cystococcus by (114))

Hoy, J.M. 1962. Eriococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea) of New Zealand. Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 146: 1-219 [11, 13, 201, 206] (distribution, host, taxonomy)

Hoy, J.M. 1963. A catalogue of the Eriococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea) of the world. Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 150: 1-260 [46] (catalogue, taxonomy)

Koteja, J. 1974. On the phylogeny and classification of the scale insects (Homoptera, Coccinea) (discussion based on the morphology of the mouthparts). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 19: 267-325 [298] (taxonomy)

Lindinger, L. 1937. Verzeichnis der Schildläus-Gattungen. (Homoptera - Coccoidea Handlirsch, 1903). Entomologisches Jahrbuch 46: 178-198 [179, 183] (taxonomy)

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. [204] (taxonomy)

Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E. 2000. A Systematic Catalogue of the Eriococcidae (Felt Scales) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the World. Andover, UK : Intercept Ltd 589 pp. [65] (catalogue, taxonomy)

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 [16] (taxonomy)

Schrader, H.L. 1863. Further communication on the gall-making Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 1: 6-8 [6, 7] (taxonomy)

Schrader, H.L. 1863. Ueber gallenbildende Insekten in Australien. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13: 189-192 [191] (taxonomy)

Signoret, V. 1868. Essai sur les cochenilles (Homoptères – Coccides), 1re partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 4 8: 503-528 [525] (distribution, taxonomy)

Signoret, V. 1877. Essai sur les cochenilles ou gallinsectes (Homoptères – Coccides), 18e et dernière partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 5 6: 591-676 [598] (description, host, taxonomy)

Tepper, J.G.O. 1893. Descriptions of South Australian brachyscelid galls. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17: 265-280 [269, 278] (description, taxonomy)

Theron, J.G. 1968. Studies on the morphology and relationships of male Apiomorpha and Opisthoscelis (Hemiptera: Coccoidea). Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 87-99 [90] (structure)

Tillyard, R.J. 1926. Insects of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney, Australia : Angus and Robertson 560 pp. [173] (distribution, host, taxonomy)

Williams, D.J. 1991. Superfamily Coccoidea. pp. 457–464 in, Chapter 30. Hemiptera (Bugs, leafhoppers, cicadas, aphids, scale insects etc.). pp. 429-509 in CSIRO (ed.). The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press Vol. 1 xiii 542 pp. [461] (taxonomy)

Woodward, T.E., Evans, J.W. & Eastop, V.F. 1970. Hemiptera (Bugs, leafhoppers etc.). In, Mackerras, I.M. (ed.). The Insects of Australia: a textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press 1029, 8 pls. [430] (distribution, host)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Jun-2024	COCCOIDEA	30-Aug-2023	MODIFIED	Dr Vivian Sandoval (ABRS)
21-Nov-2012		21-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012		29-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
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