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Species Cylindrococcus spiniferus Maskell, 1892

Casuarina Gall

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

 

STRUCTURE

Adult female gall composed of 3–6 imbricating whorls of leaf-like bracts, each whorl composed of 5–8 bracts; additional whorls of smaller bracts surrounding base and, if present, stalk of gall (see Gullan, P.J. 1984. A revision of the gall-forming coccoid genus Cylindrococcus Maskell (Homoptera: Eriococcidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 677–690).

GENERAL

Treated in detail by Gullan, P.J. 1984. A revision of the gall-forming coccoid genus Cylindrococcus Maskell (Homoptera: Eriococcidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 677–690 including descriptions of adult females and female galls.

BIOLOGY

A generation is thought to take more than a single year. There is considerable variation in gall form and this could be caused by the differences in male and female plants of the Allocasuarina host (see Gullan, P.J. 1984. A revision of the gall-forming coccoid genus Cylindrococcus Maskell (Homoptera: Eriococcidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 677–690).

SYSTEMATICS

Slide-mounted adult female with: hind 2 pairs of legs represented by area of sclerotization, not forming large lobes; with conical setae on posterior part of dorsum; anal lobes represented by sclerotized plates (see Gullan, P.J. 1984. A revision of the gall-forming coccoid genus Cylindrococcus Maskell (Homoptera: Eriococcidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 677–690).

 

General References

Froggatt, W.W. 1898. The growth of vegetable galls. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 9: 385-391, 488-499 [498] (Cylindrococcus spiniferous: described female; misspelling of species name)

 

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)
05-Jun-2024 COCCOIDEA 04-Sep-2023 MODIFIED Dr Vivian Sandoval (ABRS)
21-Nov-2012 01-May-2014 MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012 29-Jun-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)