• Aspidiotus Bouché, P.F. 1833. pp. 49–54 in Naturgeschichte der schädlichen und nützlichen garteninsekten. Berlin, Nicolai.. 176 pp. [52].
  Zoobank Registration Number:3E3A2BC0-DC4E-4C07-834A-D56638DA14BA

  Type species:

   Aspidiotus nerii Bouché, 1833 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), 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), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

General References

Ferris, G.F. 1941. The genus Aspidiotus (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae). (Contribution No. 28). Microentomology 6(2): 33-70 [37] (as Aspidiotus; description)

Lidgett, J. 1898. Description of two new Australian coccids. The Wombat 4: 13-15 [13] (as Aspidiotus; description)

Normark, B.B., Normark, R.D. & Gullan, P.J. 2022. Three new Australian species of the Armoured Scale genus Aspidiotus Bouché, 1833 (Hemiptera: Diaspididae: Aspidiotini), including an emerging pest of Cycads. Australian Entomologist 49(3): 144-168 [146]

Takagi, S. 1969. Diaspididae of Taiwan based on material collected in connection with the Japan-U.S. Co-operative Science Programme, 1965 (Homoptera: Coccoidea) Part 1. Insecta Matsumurana 32: 1-110 [62-64] (as Aspidiotus; description)

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. [49] (as Aspidiotus; description)

History of changes

• Aspidiotus arrawatta Normark, B.B., Normark, R.D. & Gullan, P.J. 2022. Three new Australian species of the Armoured Scale genus Aspidiotus Bouché, 1833 (Hemiptera: Diaspididae: Aspidiotini), including an emerging pest of Cycads. Australian Entomologist 49(3): 144-168 [147, Fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 20-011578 ♀, 15 km NW Bonshaw, NSW [28.924°S, 151.200°E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC D2102A, D2102D & D2102C 3♀, 15 km NW Bonshaw, NSW [28.924°S, 151.200°E]; UMA D2102B, D2102M & D2102N 3♀, 15 km NW Bonshaw, NSW [28.924°S, 151.200°E]; USNM D2102E & D2102F 2♀, 15 km NW Bonshaw, NSW [28.924°S, 151.200°E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Nandewar (NAN)

History of changes

• Aspidiotus comperei Marlatt, C.L. 1908. New species of diaspine scale insects. United States Department of Agriculture Technical Series 16(2): 11-32 [12-13] [illustration].

  Type data:

   Holotype USDA Bureau of Entomology No. 14129 ♀, AUSTRALIA: West Australia, Raventhorpe.

  Type host:

   Hakea sp. [PROTEACEAE]

Generic Combinations

• Aspidiotus comperei (Marlatt, 1908).

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Raventhorpe.

IBRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Hakea sp. [PROTEACEAE] (as Hake); Hakea sp. [PROTEACEAE]).

General References

Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 127-136 [136] (as Aspidiotus comperei; description)

History of changes

• Aspidiotus destructor Signoret, V. 1869. Essai sur les cochenilles ou gallinsectes (Homoptères – Coccides) 4e partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 9: 109-138 [120-121] [illustration].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHMW ♀, Reunion Is., Indian Ocean.
• Aspidiotus fullax Cockerell 1893. A list of West Indian Coccidae. Journal of the Institute of Jamaica 1: 252-256 [255].
• Aspidiotus cocotis Newstead, R. 1893. Observations of Coccidae (No. 5). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 29: 185-188 [186].
• Aspidiotus transparens simillimus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1898. Some new Coccidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 2: 24-27 [27].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Sydney, NSW.
• Aspidiotus transparens Green, E.E. 1890. Insect pests of the tea plant. p. 22. [20].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

NORTHERN TERRITORY: Darwin; Goromuru River Outstation; Mandorah 3km N; QUEENSLAND: Aurukun; Badu Is.; Bamaga; Batavia Cape York; Boigu Is.; Bowen; Bramston Beach; Bridge Ck Cook Hwy; Buderim; Cairns; Cape York; Daintree; Dauan Is.; East Palmerston; Graham Cook Hwy; Hammond Is.; Horne Is.; Innisfail; Kamerunga; Kimberley Pt, Daintree River; Kowanyama; Kubin Moa Is.; Lindeman Is.; Lockhardt River; Moa Is.; Moreton; Mornington Is.; Mossman; Murray Is.; North Qld; Packe Is.; Palm Cove; Prince of Wales Is.; Rockhampton; Saibai Is.; South Johnstone; St Pauls Moa Is.; Stephens Is.; Sue Is.; Tangalooma; Thursday Is.; Townsville; Tully; Weipa; Yam Is.; Yeppoon; Bourbon Islands; South Pacific; West Indies.

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Annona reticulata L. [ANNONACEAE] Custard Apple; Dendrophthoe glabrescens (Blakely) Barlow [LORANTHACEAE] Orange Mistletoe; Carica papaya L. [CARICACEAE] Pawpaw, Papaya; Annona squamosa L. [ANNONACEAE] Sugar Apple; Neodypsis decaryi Jumelle [ARECACEAE] triangle palm; Anacardium occidentale L. [ANACARDIACEAE]; Annona sp. [ANNONACEAE]; Barringtonia sp. [LECYTHIDACEAE]; Cochlospermum gillivraei Benth. [COCHLOSPERMACEAE]; Manihot esculenta Crantz [EUPHORBIACEAE] (cassava, tapioca, manioc, mandioca, yuca); Terminalia catappa L. [COMBRETACEAE]; Plumeria rubra L. [APOCYNACEAE]; Pandanus odoratissimus L.f. [PANDANACEAE]; Musa sp. [MUSACEAE]; Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. [SOLANACEAE]; Cocos nucifera L. [ARECACEAE]; Chrysalidocarpus lutescens H. Wendl. [ARECACEAE]; Callistemon sp. [MYRTACEAE]; Annona glabra L. [ANNONACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Oil palm, yams.

General References

Beardsley, J.W. 1966. Insects of Micronesia. Homoptera: Coccoidea. Insects of Micronesia 6: 377-562 [513-514] (as Aspidiotus destructor)

Comstock, J.H. 1883. Second report on scale insects, including a monograph of the sub-family Diaspidinae of the family Coccidae and a list, with notes of the other species of scale insects found in North America. Cornell University Agricultural Experimental Station, Department of Entomology Report 2: 47-142 [75-76] (as Aspidiotus destructor)

Doane, R.W. & Hadden, E. 1909. Coccidae from the Society Islands. The Canadian Entomologist 41: 296-300 [297] (as Aspidiotus destructor)

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 [257] (as Aspidiotus destructor)

Ferris, G.F. 1941. The genus Aspidiotus (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae). (Contribution No. 28). Microentomology 6(2): 33-70 [51-53] (as Aspidiotus destructor; description; illustation)

Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 311- 319 [311] (as Aspidiotus destructor)

Green, E.E. 1916. Remarks on Coccidae from Northern Australia – II. Bulletin of Entomological Research 7: 53-65 [53] (as Aspidiotus destructor)

Houser, J.S. 1918. The Coccidae of Cuba. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 11: 157-172 [165] (as Aspidiotus destructor)

Kuwana, I. 1933. The diaspine Coccidae of Japan, VII. Scientific Bulletin of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Japan, Tokyo 3: 1-42 [9-10] (as Aspidiotus destructor; also as Aspidiotus transparens; description; illustration;)

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. [396] (as Aspidiotus destructor)

Maskell, W.M. 1892. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species, and remarks on coccids from New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 24: 1-64 [dated 1891] [12] (as Aspidiotus destructor)

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 [297-298] (as Aspidiotus destructor; illustration)

Newstead, R. 1906. Report on insects sent from Der Kaiserliche Biologische Anstalt fur Land- und Forstwirtschaft Dahlem, Berlin. Quarterly Journal, Institute of Commercial Research in the Tropics. University of Liverpool 1: 73-74 [73] (as Aspidiotus destructor)

Newstead, R. 1908. On a collection of Coccidae and other insects affecting some cultivated and wild plants in Java and in tropical Western Africa. Journal of Economic Biology. London 3: 33-42 [33-34] (as Aspidiotus destructor)

Takagi, S. 1969. Diaspididae of Taiwan based on material collected in connection with the Japan-U.S. Co-operative Science Programme, 1965 (Homoptera: Coccoidea) Part 1. Insecta Matsumurana 32: 1-110 (as Aspidiotus destructor; description; illustration)

Takahashi, R. 1934. Observations on the Coccidae of Formosa. IV. Department of Agriculture, Government Research Institute Formosa, Japan 63: 1-38 [33] (as Aspidiotus transparens)

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. [53-56] (as Aspidiotus destructor; description; illustration)

History of changes

• Aspidiotus kamberra Normark, B.B., Normark, R.D. & Gullan, P.J. 2022. Three new Australian species of the Armoured Scale genus Aspidiotus Bouché, 1833 (Hemiptera: Diaspididae: Aspidiotini), including an emerging pest of Cycads. Australian Entomologist 49(3): 144-168 [48, Figs 2, 3].
  Zoobank Registration Number:DFBF87BD-D12F-4652-908A-6CFA114D5623

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 20-011579 ♀, Australian National Botanic Gardens, ACT [35.275°S 149.106°E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC 20-011579 8♀, Australian National Botanic Gardens, ACT [35.275°S 149.106°E]; UMA D0043E, D0043F & D0043G 3♀, Australian National Botanic Gardens, ACT [35.275°S 149.106°E]; USNM D0043J ♀, Australian National Botanic Gardens, ACT [35.275°S 149.106°E].

  Type host:

   Macrozamia lucida [ZAMIACEAE]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales

IBRA

ACT, NSW: South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Aspidiotus kennedyae Boisduval, J.A. 1867. Essai sur l'entomologie horticole. Hémiptères. Paris 640 pp. [326].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Australia.

  Type host:

   Kennedya sp. [FABACEAE]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Australia–exact locality not recorded.

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Kennedia sp. [FABACEAE]).

General References

Comstock, J.H. 1881. Report of the Entomologist. Part II. Report on scale insects. Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture 1880–1881: 276-349 (as Aspidiotus kennedyae)

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 [266] (as Aspidiotus kennedyae)

Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 311- 319 [315] (as Aspidiotus kennedyae)

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. [386] (as Aspidiotus kennedyae)

Maskell, W.M. 1895. Synoptical list of Coccidae reported from Australasia and the Pacific Islands up to December 1894. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 27: 1-35 [3-4] (as Aspidiotus kennedyae)

Signoret, V. 1869. Essai sur les cochenilles ou gallinsectes (Homoptères – Coccides) 4e partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 9: 109-138 [124] (as Aspidiotus kennedyae)

History of changes

• Aspidiotus murramarangensis Normark, B.B., Normark, R.D. & Gullan, P.J. 2022. Three new Australian species of the Armoured Scale genus Aspidiotus Bouché, 1833 (Hemiptera: Diaspididae: Aspidiotini), including an emerging pest of Cycads. Australian Entomologist 49(3): 144-168 [155, Figs 4, 5].
  Zoobank Registration Number:CC761A7D-5219-4016-8FAB-DA47AC277BA7

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 20-0111580 ♀, Murramarang National Park, NSW [35.6817°S 150.3011°E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC 14♀, Murramarang National Park, NSW [35.6794°S 150.2977°E]; ANIC 3♀, Murramarang National Park, NSW [35.6817°S 150.3011°E].

  Type host:

   Macrozamia communis [ZAMIACEAE]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: South East Corner (SEC)

History of changes

• Aspidiotus myoporii Lidgett, J. 1898. Description of two new Australian coccids. The Wombat 4: 13-15 [14] [misprinted in original description as Aspidiotusm yoporii].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) GTCM, Myrniong, VIC.

  Type host:

   Myoporum deserti A.Cunn. ex Benth. [MYOPORACEAE]

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Myrniong.

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Myoporum deserti A.Cunn. ex Benth. [MYOPORACEAE]; Myoporum sp. [MYOPORACEAE]).

General References

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 [267] (as Aspidiotus myoporii)

Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 311- 319 [315-316] (as Aspidiotus myoporii; description)

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. [387] (as Aspidiotus myoporii)

History of changes

• Aspidiotus nerii Bouché, P.F. 1833. pp. 49–54 in Naturgeschichte der schädlichen und nützlichen garteninsekten. Berlin, Nicolai.. 176 pp. [52].
  Zoobank Registration Number:1FD001AE-AC4E-442D-822E-F467942C0F5F

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) IPEF ♂, ♀, GERMANY: Berlin.
• Aspidiotus limonii Signoret, V. 1869. Essai sur les cochenilles ou gallinsectes (Homoptères – Coccides) 4e partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 9: 109-138 [125].
• Chermes hederae Vallot, J.N. 1829. Nouvelle espèce de cochenilles. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Arts et Belles-lettres de Dijon [1828–1829]: 30-33 [30] [junior homonym].
• Aspidiotus palmarum Burmeister, H. 1835. Scharlachlause. Schildläuse. Coccina. (Gallinsecta 1). pp. 61-83 in Burmeister, H. (ed.). Handbuch der Entomologie. Berlin : T.F. Inslin Vol. 2(1). [69].
• Aspidiotus caldesii Signoret, V. 1869. Essai sur les cochenilles ou gallinsectes (Homoptères – Coccides) 4e partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 9: 109-138 [116-117].
• Aspidiotus confusus Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 127-136 [136].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ASCU, Narara, NSW.

  Type host:

   Eucalyptus sp. [MYRTACEAE]
• Aspidiotus tasmaniae Green, E.E. 1915. New species of Coccidae from Australia. Bulletin of Entomological Research 6: 45-53 [50] [illustration].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Launceston, TAS.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

NEW SOUTH WALES: Cecil Park Sydney; Dubbo; Euston; Evans Heads; Gosford; Kogarah; Moree; Murwillumbah; Wollongbar; Narara; Sydney; NORTHERN TERRITORY: Alice Springs; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND: Alberton; Ashgrove; Ayr; Bamaga; Barakula; Bauple; Beerwah; Bowenville; Bribie Is.; Brigalow; Brisbane; Charleville; Chinchilla; Cleveland; Coolangatta; Coolum; Cunnamella 50km NW; Currumbin; Drillham; East Haldon; Eulo; Gatton; Glasshouse; Hampton; Helidon; Highfields; Howard; Imbil; Indooroopilly; Jondaryan; Lake Broadwater; Marmor; Maryborough; Mt Elliott; Mt Glorious; Nambour; Palen Ck; Pomona; Pullenvale; Redland Bay; Stanthorpe; Tamborine; Texas; Thornlands; Tingalpa; Toowong; Toowoomba; Tugun; Underwood; Welcome Ck; Yarraman; VICTORIA: Hawthorn; Lake Hattah; Lake Hattah Mallee; Mallee; Martins Creek Orbost; Melbourne; Ringwood; WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Geraldton; Sandwich Islands; South Pacific; West Indies.

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Rhizophora sp. [RHIZOPHORACEAE]; Rhododendron sp. [ERICACEAE]; Casearia esculenta Roxb. [SALICACEAE]; Caelebogyne ilicifolia John Sm. [EUPHORBIACEAE]; Aspidistra sp. [LILIACEAE]; Amyema congener (Sieber ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Tiegh. [LORANTHACEAE]; Eriostemon queenslandicus C.T.White [MYRTACEAE]; Eremophila mitchellii Benth. [SCROPHULARIACEAE]; Elaeocarpus reticulatus Sm. [ELAEOCARPACEAE]; Elaeocarpus obovatus G.Don [ELAEOCARPACEAE]; Dysoxylum sp. [MELIACEAE]; Dodonaea triquetra J.C.Wendl. [SAPINDACEAE]; Daphne sp. [THYMELAEACEAE]; Geijera parviflora Lindl. [RUTACEAE]; Flindersia bennettiana Benth. [RUTACEAE]; Eugenia smithii Poir. [MYRTACEAE]; Cymbidium sp. [ORCHIDACEAE]; Cycas media R.Br. [CYCADACEAE]; Clematis glycinoides DC. [RANUNCULACEAE]; Citrus sp. [RUTACEAE]; Celastrus sp. [CELASTRACEAE]; Toona ciliata M.Roem [MELIACEAE]; Castanospermum australis A.Cunn. & C.Fraser ex Hook. [FABACEAE]; Siphonodon australis Benth. [CELASTRACEAE]; Smilax australis Benth. [CELASTRACEAE]; Tristania sp. [MYRTACEAE]; Vaccinium sp. [VACCINIACEAE]; Wilkiea hugeliana (Tul.) A.DC. [MONIMIACEAE]; Acacia cunninghamii Sweet [FABACEAE]; Acronychia baueri Schott [RUTACEAE]; Acronychia imperforata F.Muell. [RUTACEAE]; Alectryon coriaceus (Benth.) Radlk. [SAPINDACEAE] Beach Alectryon; Acacia harpophylla F.Muell. ex Benth. [FABACEAE] Brigalow; Melaleuca viridiflora Sol. ex Gaertn. [MYRTACEAE] Broad leaved Paperbark; Scolopia braunii (Klotzsch) Sleumer [SALICACEAE] Brown Birch; Lophostemon confertus (R.Br.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh. [MYRTACEAE] Brush Box; Acacia sophorae (Labill.) R.Br. [FABACEAE] Coastal Wattle; Acacia stenophylla A.Cunn. ex Benth. [FABACEAE] Dalby Myall; Eremocitrus glauca (Lindl.) Swingle [RUTACEAE] Desert Lime, Native Cumquat, Native Orange; Amyema pendula (Sieber ex Spreng.) Tiegh. [LORANTHACEAE] Drooping Mistletoe; Microcitrus australasica (F.Muell.) Swingle [RUTACEAE] Finger Lime; Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. [ACANTHACEAE] Grey Mangrove; Guioa semiglauca (F.Muell.) Radlk. [SAPINDACEAE] Guioa, Wild Quince; Eucalyptus sp. [MYRTACEAE] Gum Tree; Araucaria cunninghamii Mudie [ARAUCARIACEAE] Hoop Pine; Citrus limon (L.) Burm.f. [RUTACEAE] Lemon; Acacia myrtifolia (Sm.) Willd. [FABACEAE] Myrtle Wattle; Araucaria excelsa W.T.Aiton [ARAUCARIACEAE] Norfolk Island pine; Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck [RUTACEAE] Orange; Acacia podalyriifolia A.Cunn. ex G.Don [FABACEAE] Queensland Silver Wattle; Eucalyptus gracilis F.Muell., 1855 [MYRTACEAE] Red Mallee, Yorrell; Santalum lanceolatum R.Br. [SANTALACEAE] Sandalwood; Heterodendrum diversifolium F.Muell. [SAPINDACEAE] Scrub Boonaree; Daphnandra micrantha (Tul.) Benth. [MONIMIACEAE] Socketwood; Chlorophytum comosum (Thunb.) Jacques [ASPARAGACEAE] Spider Plant; Pleiogynium solandri (Benth.) Engl. [ANACARDIACEAE] Sweet Plum; Rhodosphaera rhodanthema (F.Muell.) Engl. [ANACARDIACEAE] Tulip Satinwood; Akania lucens (F.Muell.) Airy Shaw [AKANIACEAE] Turnipwood; Acacia ligulata A.Cunn. ex Benth. [FABACEAE] Umbrella Bush; Acacia sp. [FABACEAE] Wattle; Prunus avium (L.) L. [ROSACEAE] Wild Cherry; Randia fitzalanii (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. [RUBIACEAE] Yellow Mangosteen; Acacia hubbardiana Pedley [FABACEAE] Yellow Prickly Moses; Macrozamia riedlei (Fisch. ex Gaudich.) C.A.Gardner [ZAMIACEAE] Zamia Palm; Araucaria bidwillii Hook. [ARAUCARIACEAE] bunya pine, bunya bunya pine; Diospyros kaki Lf. [EBENACEAE] kaki, Japanese persimmon, Oriental persimmon, Sharon Fruit; Actinidia chinensis PIanch. [ACTINIDIACEAE] kiwifruit; Exocarpus cupressiformis Labill. [SANTALACEAE] native cherry; Gladiolus sp. [IRIDACEAE]; Grevillea thelemanniana Hugel ex Endl. [PROTEACEAE] (as tholymannii — may be a variety name); Heterodendrum oleaefolium Desf. [SAPINDACEAE]; Heterodendrum sp. [SAPINDACEAE]; Lantana camara L. [VERBENACEAE]; Loranthus bidwillii Benth., 1867 [LORANTHACEAE]; Macadamia integrifolia Maiden & Betche [PROTEACEAE]; Macadamia ternifolia F.Muell. [PROTEACEAE]; Macadamia tetraphylla L.A.S.Johnson [PROTEACEAE]; Macadamia sp. [PROTEACEAE]; Macrozamia communis L.A.S.Johnson [ZAMIACEAE]; Macrozamia sp. [ZAMIACEAE]; Malus sylvestris Mill. [ROSACEAE]; Musa sp. [MUSACEAE]; Nerium oleander L. [APOCYNACEAE]; Owenia venosa F.Muell. [MELIACEAE]; Platylobium sp. [FABACEAE]; Prunus persica nucipersica (Suckow) C.K.Schneid. [ROSACEAE]; Psidium guajava L. [MYRTACEAE]; Pyrus communis L. [ROSACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Commelinaceae; Orchidaceae; Arecaceae; grass tree; laurel; mangrove; mistletoe; white gum.

General References

Bodenheimer, F.S. 1924. The Coccidae of Palestine. First report on this family. Zionist Organization Institute of Agriculture and Natural History, Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 1: 1-100 [25-26] (as Aspidiotus confusus (=Aspidiotus hederae syn. nov.), (description; illustration))

Brimblecombe, A.R. 1962. Studies of the Coccoidea. 12. Species occurring on deciduous fruit and nut trees in Queensland. Queensland Journal of Agricultural Science 19: 219-229 [220] (as Aspidiotus hederae)

Comstock, J.H. 1881. Report of the Entomologist. Part II. Report on scale insects. Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture 1880–1881: 276-349 [301-303] (as Aspidiotus nerii; description; illustration)

Comstock, J.H. 1883. Second report on scale insects, including a monograph of the sub-family Diaspidinae of the family Coccidae and a list, with notes of the other species of scale insects found in North America. Cornell University Agricultural Experimental Station, Department of Entomology Report 2: 47-142 [63] (as Aspidiotus nerii; Aspidiotus caldesii [73-74]; Aspidiotus hederae [77]; Aspidiotus limonii [79]; Aspidiotus palmarum [81])

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 [254] (as Aspidiotus caldesii and Aspidiotus hederae [260-264])

Ferris, G.F. 1941. The genus Aspidiotus (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae). (Contribution No. 28). Microentomology 6(2): 33-70 [54-56] (as Aspidiotus hederae; description; illustration)

Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 127-136 [133] (as Aspidiotus caldesii; description)

Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 311- 319 [314-315] (as Aspidiotus hederae;description; illustration)

Fuller, C. 1897. Some Coccidae of Western Australia. Journal of Western Australia Bureau of Agriculture 4: 1344-1346 [1344] (as Aspidiotus caldesii; Aspidiotus nerii)

Fuller, C. 1899. Notes and descriptions of some species of Western Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1899: 435-473 [464] (as Aspidiotus caldesii)

Green, E.E. 1896. Catalogue of Coccidae collected in Ceylon. Indian Museum Notes 4: 2-10 [4] (as Aspidiotus nerii)

Houser, J.S. 1918. The Coccidae of Cuba. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 11: 157-172 [166] (as Aspidiotus hederae)

Kuwana, I. 1933. The diaspine Coccidae of Japan, VII. Scientific Bulletin of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Japan, Tokyo 3: 1-42 [10-11] (as Aspidiotus hederae; description; illustration)

Laing, F. 1929. Report on Australian Coccidae. Bulletin of Entomological Research 20: 15-37 [23] (as Aspidiotus hederae)

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. [386] (as Aspidiotus caldesii; Aspidiotus confusus; and as Aspidiotus hederae [400])

Maskell, W.M. 1895. Synoptical list of Coccidae reported from Australasia and the Pacific Islands up to December 1894. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 27: 1-35 [4] (as Aspidiotus nerii)

Morgan, A.C.F. 1889. Observations of Coccidae (No. 5). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 25: 349-353 [350] (as Aspidiotus nerii)

Newstead, R. 1911. Observations on African scale insects (Coccidae). (No. 3). Bulletin of Entomological Research 2: 85-104 [85-86] (as Aspidiotus hederae)

Normark, B.B., Normark, R.D. & Gullan, P.J. 2022. Three new Australian species of the Armoured Scale genus Aspidiotus Bouché, 1833 (Hemiptera: Diaspididae: Aspidiotini), including an emerging pest of Cycads. Australian Entomologist 49(3): 144-168 [159, Fig. 6]

Rutherford, A. 1915. Some new Ceylon Coccidae. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 24: 111-118 [111] (as Aspidiotus hederae; description)

Signoret, V. 1869. Essai sur les cochenilles ou gallinsectes (Homoptères – Coccides), 3e partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 4 9: 97-104 [99] (as Aspidiotus nerii)

Signoret, V. 1869. Essai sur les cochenilles ou gallinsectes (Homoptères – Coccides) 4e partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 9: 109-138 [126-129] (as Aspidiotus nerii; 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. [64-66] (as Aspidiotus nerii; description; illustration)

History of changes

• Aspidiotus queenslandicus Brimblecombe. A.R. 1959. Studies of the Coccoidea. 8. Three new genera and sixteen new species of Aspidiotini. Queensland Journal of Agricultural Science 16: 121-156 [121-123].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T.5692, Beenleigh, Qld.
  Paratype(s) QM T.5693–T.5695, Beenleigh, Qld.

  Type host:

   Acronychia laevis J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. [RUTACEAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Beenleigh; Mt Glorious.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Leptospermum sp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-tree; Acronychia laevis J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. [RUTACEAE]).

History of changes

• Aspidiotus serrata Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 311- 319 [318] [species epithet emended to serratus by Ferris (1941) for gender agreement].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) QM ♀, Pera Bore, Darling River, NSW.

  Type host:

   Acacia cambagei F.Muell. ex R.T.Baker [MIMOSACEAE]

  Secondary source:

   Ferris, G.F. 1941. The genus Aspidiotus (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae). (Contribution No. 28). Microentomology 6(2): 33-70 [48] (emendation).
• Aspidiotus serratus Ferris, G.F. 1941. The genus Aspidiotus (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae). (Contribution No. 28). Microentomology 6(2): 33-70 [48] [emendation].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Pera Bore Darling River.

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Acacia cambagei R.T.Baker [FABACEAE] Gidgee; Acacia sp. [FABACEAE] Wattle).

Species Note

Ferris, 1941 — preoccupied by serratus Newell & Cockerell.

General References

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. [387] (as Aspidiotus serrata Froggatt)

History of changes