Species Callipappus farinosus Fuller, 1897

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• Callipappus farinosus Fuller, C. 1897. Some Coccidae of Western Australia. Journal of Western Australia Bureau of Agriculture 4: 1344-1346 [1346] [described again as Callipappus farinosus n. sp. in Fuller, C. 1897. Notes on Coccidae. I. Some Coccidae of Western Australia. II. Coccid Literature. Perth, Western Australia. privately published. 15 pp.; and again as C. farinosus and C. bufo "n. sp." in Fuller (1899); the synonymy of C. bufo with C. farinosus was introduced by 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].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ♀, Western Australia, Perth.

  Type host:

   Casuarina sp. [CASUARINACEAE] (under dead bark)

  Secondary source:

   Fuller, C. 1897. Notes on Coccidae. I. Some Coccidae of Western Australia. II. Coccid Literature. Perth, Western Australia. privately published. 15 pp.; 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.
• Callipappus bufo Fuller, C. 1897. Some Coccidae of Western Australia. Journal of Western Australia Bureau of Agriculture 4: 1344-1346 [1346] [Callipappus farinosus and Callipappus bufo were on the same page, but the former has line priority].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ♀ (museum not indicated), not determined.

  Type host:

   Casuarina sp. [CASUARINACEAE]

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [42] (Callipappus bufo)

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Banksia attenuata R.Br. [PROTEACEAE] Slender Banksia; Casuarina spp. [CASUARINACEAE]; Banksia ilicifolia R.Br. [PROTEACEAE]; Eucalyptus marginata D.Don ex Sm. [MYRTACEAE]).

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