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Species Diaspis boisduvali Signoret, 1869

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Species Diaspis boisduvali Signoret, 1869

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia


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.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Qld, SA: 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Queensland: NE coastal
    • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Federated States of Micronesia
  • Hawaii
  • New Zealand

Nearctic Region

  • Canada
  • Mexico
  • United States of America

Neotropical Region

  • Brazil
  • Cuba
  • Mexico

Oriental Region

  • Sri Lanka
  • Taiwan

Palaearctic Region

  • Japan

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

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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