Species Gallinococcus leptospermi (Morrison & Morrison, 1927)

Museums

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• Amorphococcus leptospermi Morrison, H. & Morrison, E.R. 1927. The Maskell species of scale insects of the subfamily Asterolecaniinae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 71: 1-67 [2].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNEC ♀, AUSTRALIA: New South Wales.

  Type host:

   Leptospermum laevigatum [MYRTACEAE]
• Amorphococcus fallax Lindinger, L. 1943. Verzeichnis der Schildlaus-Gattungen, 1. Nachtrag. (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Zeitschrift der Wiener Entomologischen Gesellschaft 28: 205-208, 217-224, 264-265 [206] [unjustified replacement name for Amorphococcus leptospermi Morrison & Morrison].
• Gallinococcus ferrisi Lambdin, P.L. & Kosztarab, M. 1973. A revision of the seven genera related to Lecanodiaspis (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Lecanodiaspididae). Research Division Bulletin Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 83: 1-110 [55] [junior subjective synonym of Amorphococcus leptospermi Morrison & Morrison, 1927].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [294] (synonymy of Gallinococcus ferrisi Lambdin & Kosztarab, 1973)

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

GENERAL

Description and illustration of adult female by Lambdin, P.L. & Kosztarab, M. 1973. A revision of the seven genera related to Lecanodiaspis (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Lecanodiaspididae). Research Division Bulletin Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 83: 1–110 as Gallinococcus ferrisi.

SYSTEMATICS

The holotype of both Amorphococcus leptospermi Morrison & Morrison, 1927 and Gallinococcus ferrisi Lambdin & Kosztarab, 1973 is the same single specimen, deposited in USNM, and labelled in red ink "Amorphococcus leptospermi /n.sp./Holotype/HM." in black ink "8480/ Sphaerococcus/ leptospermi Masl./on/ Leptospermum /N.S.W/W.W. Froggatt" in pencil "40358/B". The right label is not original and labelled, in pencil, "Leptospermi /associated with Lecanodiaspis /H.M. March 11,/1952" and in ink "Gallinococcus/ferrisi n. sp./Det Lambdin & Krb."

General References

Ferris, G.F. 1919. Notes on Coccidae – IV. (Hemiptera). The Canadian Entomologist 51: 249-253 [249] (Amorphococcus leptospermi: misidentification)

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