Species Austrotachardia australis (Froggatt, 1899)
- Tachardia australis Froggatt, W.W. 1899. Scale insects that produce lac. With a description of a new Australian species. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 10: 1159-1163 [1161].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC ♀,AUSTRALIA: Queensland. Type host:
Beyeria viscosa [EUPHORBIACEAE]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder.
STRUCTURE
The female tests vary considerably, the typical ones like a leaf of dark reddish wax, the basal half dull with the upper portion a shining round bead of bright red wax. In the Queensland specimens the wax is more confluent, forming masses in rings around the twigs without any very regular structure (see Froggatt, W.W. 1921. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects ('Coccidae') of Australia. Part III. Science Bulletin, Department of Agriculture, New South Wales 19: 1–43). Froggatt (1921: 28) illustrated the external appearance of the female test.
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 | Compiler(s) |
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05-Jun-2024 | COCCOIDEA | 25-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Vivian Sandoval (ABRS) |
21-Nov-2012 | 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED | ||
29-Jun-2012 | 29-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |