Species Chentraspis unilobis (Maskell, 1895)

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• Aspidiotus unilobis Maskell, W.M. 1895. Further coccid notes: with description of new species from New Zealand, Australia, Sandwich Islands, and elsewhere, and remarks upon many species already reported. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 27: 36-75 [40] [illustration].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, NZAC, Mt Victoria, NSW.

  Type host:

   Acacia sp. [MIMOSACEAE]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

NEW SOUTH WALES: Blue Mtns; Evans Head; Mt Victoria; NORTHERN TERRITORY: Arafura Swamp; Koolpinyah; Stapleton; QUEENSLAND: Ayr; Biloela; Boonah; Bowen 15 km NW; Bribie Is.; Brisbane; Brookfield; Carbrook; Charleville; Gamboola Stn:10km W; 20km W; Inglewood; Kingaroy; Kowanyama; Mitchell R.; Mt Carbine 36km NW; Palmer R. X-ing; Pormpuraaw; Redland Bay; Thornlands; Walsh R. Chillagoe; Woodstock; Wrotham Park 5km W.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T.Blake [MYRTACEAE] Broad Leaved Paperbark; Melaleuca leucadendra (L.) L. [MYRTACEAE] Broad Leaved Tea Tree; Melaleuca viridiflora Sol. ex Gaertn. [MYRTACEAE] Broad leaved Paperbark; Callistemon viminalis (Sol. ex Gaertn.) G.Don [MYRTACEAE] Drooping Bottlebrush; Melaleuca nervosa (Lindl.) Cheel [MYRTACEAE] Paperbark Barked Teatree; Melaleuca sp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-tree; Acacia sp. [FABACEAE] Wattle; Callistemon salignus (Sm.) Sweet [MYRTACEAE] Willow Bottlebrush; Melaleuca stenostachya S.T.Blake [MYRTACEAE]; Callistemon polandii F.M.Bailey [MYRTACEAE] (?genus identification); Callistemon sp. [MYRTACEAE]).

 

General References

Brimblecombe, A.R. 1955. Studies of the Coccoidea. 3. The genera Chentraspis, Clavaspis, Lindingaspis, and Morganella in Queensland. Queensland Journal of Agricultural Science 12: 39-56 [40-41] (as Chentraspis unilobis; illustration)

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 [280] (as Aspidiotus unilobis)

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

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

Leonardi, G. 1897. Monografia del genere Aspidiotus (Nota preventiva). Rivista di Patologia Vegetale 5: 283-286 [286] (as Chentraspis unilobis)

Lindinger, L. 1937. Verzeichnis der Schildläus-Gattungen. (Homoptera - Coccoidea Handlirsch, 1903). Entomologisches Jahrbuch 46: 178-198 [190] (as Neglectaspis uniloba)

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. [434] (as Chentraspis unilobis)

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 unilobis)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
14-Dec-2022	DIASPIDIDAE	29-May-2023	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018	COCCOIDEA	29-May-2023	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018	DIASPIDIDAE	29-May-2023	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018		29-May-2023	MODIFIED
21-Nov-2012		29-May-2023	MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012		29-May-2023	MODIFIED
		29-May-2023	MODIFIED