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• Erium frenellae Froggatt, W.W. 1916. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. (Part II [in part]). Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 27: 425-430, 568-577, 809-816, 883-888 [810] [Erium is a pseudococcid, but the species frenellae Froggatt is an eriococcid, see Williams (1985). It has not been assigned to an eriococcid genus].

  Secondary source:

   Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. [40].
• Opisthoscelis gracilis Schrader, H.L. 1863. Further communication on the gall-making Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 1: 6-8 [7] [nomen dubium].

  Secondary source:

   Hardy, N.B. & Gullan, P.J. 2010. Australian gall-inducing scale insects on Eucalyptus: revision of Opisthoscelis Schrader (Coccoidea, Eriococcidae) and descriptions of a new genus and nine new species. ZooKeys 58: 1–74 [31].

Introduction

Erium frenelae: misspelling of species name; it is assumed that Lindinger altered the spelling of the species epithet to match that of its host genus, Frenela.

Opisthoscelis gracilis: Schrader's collection was destroyed during WWII, so in absence of type material it is impossible to determine which species this name applies to (Hardy & Gullen 2010).

General References

Froggatt, W.W. 1921. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects ('Coccidae') of Australia. Part III. Science Bulletin, Department of Agriculture, New South Wales 19: 1-43 (Sphaerococcus froggatti)

Hardy, N.B. & Gullan, P.J. 2010. Australian gall-inducing scale insects on Eucalyptus: revision of Opisthoscelis Schrader (Coccoidea, Eriococcidae) and descriptions of a new genus and nine new species. ZooKeys 58: 1–74 [31]

Lindinger, L. 1935. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Schildläuse (Coccidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 49: 121-123 [122]

Miller, D.R., Gullan, P.J. & Williams, D.J. 1998. Family placement of species previously included in the scale insect genus Sphaerococcus Maskell (Hemiptera: Coccoidea). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 100: 286-305

Miller, F. 1999. Take control of scale infestations. American Nurseryman 190(10): 14 (Sphaerococcus froggatti)

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