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Subspecies Discochiton expansum expansum (Green, 1896)

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Generic Combinations

  • Discochiton expansum expansum (Green, 1896).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

 

ID Keys

(Tang, F.T., 1991) [127] (female; Asia); (Tao, C.C.C., Wong, C.Y. & Chang, Y.C., 1983) [100] (female; Taiwan); (Kawai, S., 1980) [146] (female; Japan)

 

STRUCTURE

See colour photograph in Kawai, S. 1980. Scale insects of Japan in colors. Tokyo : National Agricultural Education Association 455 pp. [figs 6, 17], Wong, C.Y., Chen, S.P. & Chou, L.Y. 1999. [Guidebook to Scale Insects of Taiwan.]. Wufeng, Taichung, Taiwan : Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute 98 pp..

GENERAL

Good description and illustration of adult female by Tao, C.C.C., Wong, C.Y. & Chang, Y.C. 1983. Monograph of Coccidae of Taiwan, Republic of China (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Journal of Taiwan Museum 36: 57–107 and by Tang, F.T. 1991. [The Coccidae of China]. Taiyuan, P. R. China : Shanxi United Universities Press.

 

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 18-Mar-2024 MODIFIED Dr Vivian Sandoval (ABRS)
21-Nov-2012 01-May-2014 MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012 29-Jun-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)