• Diaspidiotus Berlese, A. in Berlese, A. & Leonardi, G. 1896. Diagnosi di cocciniglie nuove. Rivista di Patologia Vegetale 4: 345-352 [350].

  Type species:

   Aspidiotus ancylus Putnam, 1877 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Diaspis ancylus Putnam, J.D. 1878. Report on maple bark louse. Annual Report of the Iowa State Horticultural Society 12(1877): 317-324 [321].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Davenport, Iowa.

  Type host:

   Acer dasycarpum Ehrh. [ACERACEAE] (probable type host, also recorded in original publication from Acer saccharinum L.)

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Amamoor.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K.Koch [JUGLANDACEAE] Pecan).

General References

Brimblecombe, A.R. 1962. Studies of the Coccoidea. 12. Species occurring on deciduous fruit and nut trees in Queensland. Queensland Journal of Agricultural Science 19: 219-229 [221] (as Diaspidiotus ancylus)

Comstock, J.H. 1881. Report of the Entomologist. Part II. Report on scale insects. Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture 1880–1881: 276-349 [292-293] (as Aspidiotus ancylus; description; illustration)

Comstock, J.H. 1883. Second report on scale insects, including a monograph of the sub-family Diaspidinae of the family Coccidae and a list, with notes of the other species of scale insects found in North America. Cornell University Agricultural Experimental Station, Department of Entomology Report 2: 47-142 [58-59] (as Aspidiotus ancylus)

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 [252-253] (as Aspidiotus ancylus)

Leonardi, G. 1898. Monografia del genre Mytilaspis. Rivista di Patologia Vegetale 6: 45-78 [56-58] (as Aspidiotus (Diaspidiotus) ancylus; description; illustration)

Putnam, J.D. 1880. Biological and other notes on Coccidae. Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences 2: 293-347 [346-347] (as Aspidiotus ancylus)

History of changes

• Aspidiotus lenticulatus Lindinger, L. 1912. Die Schildläuse (Coccidae) Europas, Nordafrikas und Vorder-Asiens, einschliesslich der Azoren, der Kanaren und Madeiras. Stuttgart : E. Ulmer 388 pp. [149].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Waite Inst., SA.

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

SA; Waite Inst.

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Olea europaea L. [OLEACEAE]).

History of changes

• Aspidiotus ostreaeformis Curtis, J. 1843. Aspidiotus ostreaeformis (the pear-tree oysterscale). Gardeners' Chronicle (London) 46: 805 [805].

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Europe.

Original AFD Distribution Data

Nearctic Region

• Canada
• United States of America

Palaearctic Region

• Israel
• United Kingdom
  • England

General References

Bodenheimer, F.S. 1924. The Coccidae of Palestine. First report on this family. Zionist Organization Institute of Agriculture and Natural History, Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 1: 1-100 [33] (as Aspidiotus ostreaeformis)

Comstock, J.H. 1881. Report of the Entomologist. Part II. Report on scale insects. Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture 1880–1881: 276-349 [311-312] (as Aspidiotus ostreaeformis; description; illustration)

Comstock, J.H. 1883. Second report on scale insects, including a monograph of the sub-family Diaspidinae of the family Coccidae and a list, with notes of the other species of scale insects found in North America. Cornell University Agricultural Experimental Station, Department of Entomology Report 2: 47-142 [94] (as Diaspis ostreaeformis)

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 [268-270] (as Aspidiotus ostreaeformis)

Morgan, A.C.F. 1889. Observations of Coccidae (No. 5). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 25: 349-353 [350] (as Aspidiotus ostreaeformis)

History of changes

• Aspidiotus pyri Lichtenstein, J. 1881. [Aspidiotus pyri Licht.]. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 6 1: li-lii.

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, locality unknown.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australia.

General References

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 [276] (as Aspidiotus pyri)

History of changes