Species Diaspis boisduvali Signoret, 1869
- Diaspis boisduvali Signoret, V. 1869. Essai sur les cochenilles ou gallinsectes (Homoptères – Coccides) 5e partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 9: 431-452 [432-433] [illustration].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Luxembourg, Germany.
Distribution
States
Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
QUEENSLAND: Atherton; Ayr; Banana; Beenleigh; Brisbane; Cairns; Inala; Indooroopilly; Kenmore; Moggill; Mossman; Nambour; Noosa; Pullenvale; Rockhampton; Thornlands; Toowong; SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Adelaide; America; Europe; Sandwich Is.; South Pacific; West Indies.
IBRA
Qld, SA, Tas: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder (associated flora: Livistona australis (R.Br.) Mart. [ARECACEAE] Cabbage Tree; Syagrus romanzoffianum (Cham.) Glassman [ARECACEAE] Queen Palm; Cattleya sp. [ORCHIDACEAE]; Cocos nucifera L. [ARECACEAE]; Cymbidium sp. [ORCHIDACEAE]; Dendrobium sp. [ORCHIDACEAE]; Dendrobium speciosum Sm. [ORCHIDACEAE]; Howea sp. [ARECACEAE]; Orania sp. [ARECACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
Orchidaceae, Arecaceae.
General References
Beardsley, J.W. 1966. Insects of Micronesia. Homoptera: Coccoidea. Insects of Micronesia 6: 377-562 [531] (as Diaspis boisduvali)
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 [86-88] (as Diaspis boisduvali; description; illustration)
Doane, R.W. & Hadden, E. 1909. Coccidae from the Society Islands. The Canadian Entomologist 41: 296-300 [297] (as Diaspis boisduvali)
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 [228] (as Diaspis boisduvali)
Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 875-882 [879] (as Diaspis boisduvali; description)
Houser, J.S. 1918. The Coccidae of Cuba. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 11: 157-172 [161-162] (as Diaspis boisduvali)
Kuwana, I. 1926. The diaspine Coccidae of Japan, IV. Genera Cryptoparlatoria, Howardia, Sasakiaspis, Diaspis, Aulacaspis, Pinnaspis and Prontaspis. Imperial Plant Quarantine Service Technical Bulletin 4: 1-44, 12 pls, 1 fig. [15-17] (as Diaspis boisduvali; description; illustration)
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. [319] (as Diaspis boisduvali)
Maskell, W.M. 1879. On some Coccidae in New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 11[1878]: 187-228 [200-201] (as Diaspis boisduvali; description)
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 [44] (as Diaspis boisduvali)
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 [5] (as Diaspis boisduvali)
Rutherford, A. 1915. Some new Ceylon Coccidae. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 24: 111-118 [106] (as Diaspis boisduvali)
Takahashi, R. 1934. Observations on the Coccidae of Formosa. IV. Department of Agriculture, Government Research Institute Formosa, Japan 63: 1-38 [6] (as Diaspis boisduvali)
Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W. 1988. The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Part 1. The armoured scales (Diaspididae). London : CAB International Institute of Entomology 290 pp. [103] (as Diaspis boisduvali; description; illustration)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Jun-2024 | COCCOIDEA | 05-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Vivian Sandoval (ABRS) |
| 05-Jun-2024 | DIASPIDIDAE | 29-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 29-Mar-2018 | COCCOIDEA | 05-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 29-Mar-2018 | DIASPIDIDAE | 05-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 29-Mar-2018 | 05-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 21-Nov-2012 | 05-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Jun-2012 | 05-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED |