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Species Colobopyga kewensis (Newstead, 1901)

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Species Colobopyga kewensis (Newstead, 1901)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

 

ID Keys

(Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W., 1990) [210] (female; key to species of Colobopyga); (Deitz, L.L., 1979) [453] (female; key to Colobopyga species); (Beardsley, J.W., 1963) [59] (female; key to known Hawaiian species of Colobopyga); (Zimmerman, E.C., 1948) [430] (female; as Palmaricoccus nesiotes; Palmaricoccus species found in Hawaii); (Stickney, F.S., 1934) [51, 52, 53] (as Palmaricoccus nesiotes; key to species of Palmaricoccus).

 

GENERAL

Detailed description and illustration of first instar, second-instar male and female, third and fourth-instar male and both sexes of adults by Stickney, F.S. 1934. The external anatomy of the red date scale Phoenicococcus marlatti Cockerell, and its allies. United States Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 404: 1–162.

SYSTEMATICS

Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W. 1990. The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Pt. 3: The soft scales (Coccidae) and other families. London : CAB International Institute of Entomology 267 pp. state that "this scale is covered in a felted cottony material, extending at anterior end as longer filaments. Second instar lying under covering, heavily sclerotized, pale yellow to dark brown."

 

General References

Beardsley, J.W. 1963. Notes on Hawaiian Phoenicoccinae, with description of a new species (Homoptera: Diaspididae). Pacific Insects 5: 59-64 [59, 62-63] (distribution, host, taxonomy)

Boratynski, K.L. & Williams, D.J. 1964. Coccoidea. pp. 87-94 in Kloet, G.S. & Hinks, W.D (eds). Checklist of British Insects. London : Handbk. Ident. British Insects Vol. 11. [89] (taxonomy)

Borchsenius, N.S. 1966. [A Catalogue of the Armoured Scale Insects (Diaspidoidea) of the World]. Moscow & Leningrad : Nauka 449 pp. [in Russian] [26] (catalogue, distribution, taxonomy)

Deitz, L.L. 1979. Two new species of Colobopyga (Homoptera: Halimococcidae) from the Australian region. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 453-457 [453] (distribution, host, taxonomy)

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 [248] (catalogue, description, host)

Ferris, G.F. 1952. Some miscellaneous Coccoidea (Insects: Homoptera). (Contribution No. 75). Microentomology 17: 2-5 [3] (distribution, host, taxonomy)

Hall, W.J. 1946. On the Ethiopian Diaspidini (Coccoidea). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 97: 497-592 [517, 550, 556] (distribution, host)

Köhler, G. 1987. Redescription and life-cycle properties of Colobopyga coperniciae Ferris, 1952 (Coccoidea: Halimococcidae) — an endemic palm scale from Cuba. Zoologischer Anzeiger 219: 113-125 [123] (distribution, host)

Kozár, F. & Drozdják, J. 1998. Halimococcidae. In, Kozár, F. (ed.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coccoidea. Budapest, Hungary : Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences 526 pp. [403] (catalogue, distribution, host, taxonomy)

Kozár, F. & Walter, J. 1985. Check-list of the Palaearctic Coccoidea (Homoptera). Folia Entomologica Hungarica 46: 63-110 [81] (distribution)

Laing, F. 1925. Descriptions of some new genera and species of Coccidae. Bulletin of Entomological Research 16: 51-66 [51] (description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy)

Leonardi, G. 1906. Generi e specie di diaspiti. Saggio di sistematica delle fioriniae. Redia. Giornale di entomologia, Firenze 3: 16-65 [52, 56] (description, distribution, host, taxonomy:)

Lindinger, L. 1913. Afrikanische Schildläuse. V. Die Schildläuse Deutsche-ostafrikas. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 30: 59-95 [77] (taxonomy)

Lindinger, L. 1943. Verzeichnis der Schildlaus-Gattungen, 1. Nachtrag. (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Zeitschrift der Wiener Entomologischen Gesellschaft 28: 205-208, 217-224, 264-265 [220, 221] (taxonomy)

Lobdell, G. H. 1937. Two-segmented tarsi in coccids; other notes (Homoptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 30: 75-80 [80] (structure)

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. [379] (description, distribution, taxonomy)

Nakahara, S. 1981. List of the Hawaiian Coccoidea (Homoptera: Sternorrhyncha). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 23: 387-424 [405] (distribution, host)

Newstead, R. 1901. Monograph of the Coccidae of the British Isles. London : Ray Society Vol. 1 220 pp. [134, 137-139] (description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy)

Newstead, R. 1901. Observations on Coccidae (No. 19). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 37: 81-86 [82-83] (description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy)

Stickney, F.S. 1934. The external anatomy of the red date scale Phoenicococcus marlatti Cockerell, and its allies. United States Department of Agriculture. Technical Bulletin 404: 1-162 [51, 52, 53, 72-79] (description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy)

Swezey, O.H. 1936. Notes and Exhibitions. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 9: 109-114 [112] (distribution, host)

Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W. 1990. The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Pt. 3: The soft scales (Coccidae) and other families. London : CAB International Institute of Entomology 267 pp. [210--212] (description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy)

Woodward, T.E., Evans, J.W. & Eastop, V.F. 1970. Hemiptera (Bugs, leafhoppers etc.). In, Mackerras, I.M. (ed.). The Insects of Australia: a textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press 1029, 8 pls. [430] (distribution)

Zimmerman, E.C. 1948. Homoptera: Sternorrhyncha. 268 in Zimmerman, E.C. (ed.). Insects of Hawaii. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press Vol. 5 464 pp. [430-432] (description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy)

 

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)
21-Nov-2012 01-May-2014 MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012 29-Jun-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)