Species Austrotachardia acaciae (Maskell, 1892)

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• Carteria acaciae 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] [56].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NZAC ♀, AUSTRALIA: Central Australia.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

GENERAL

Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Chamberlin, J.C. 1923. A systematic monograph of the Tachardiinae or lac insects (Coccidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 14: 147–212.

STRUCTURE

Insects excreting a quantity of light-red or pinkish resinous matter, aggregated in masses or in detached irregular pieces (see 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]).

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