Species Icerya nudata Maskell, 1896

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• Icerya nudata Maskell, W.M. 1896. Further coccid notes, with descriptions of new species and discussions of questions of interest. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 28: 380-411 [dated 1895] [405].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AMNZ, Australia, New South Wales.

  Type host:

   Verbena sp. [Verbenaceae]
• Icerya hyperici Froggatt, W.W. 1919. Insects and St. John's Wort. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 30: 470-472 [472].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ♀ (museum not indicated), Mudgee, NSW.

  Type host:

   Hypericum perforatum L. [CLUSIACEAE]
• Palaeococcus dymocki 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 [36].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC ♀, Queensland, Hughenden, Spring Valley.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Unruh, C.M. & Gullan, P.J. 2008. Molecular data reveal convergent reproductive strategies in iceryine scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Monophlebidae), allowing the re-interpretation of morphology and a revised classification. Systematic Entomology 33: 80-50 [43]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Hypericum perforatum L. [HYPERICACEAE] St. John's Wort; [POACEAE]; Cosmos sp. [ASTERACEAE]; Verbena sp. [VERBENACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

On roots and basal stems.

History of changes