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Genus Lachnodius Maskell, 1896

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Sydney Basin (SB) ; NSW, Qld, Vic: Flinders (FLI) ; NSW, SA, Vic: Murray Darling Depression (MDD), South East Coastal Plain (SCP) ; NT, Qld: Darwin Coastal (DAC)

Structure

Female insects active or stationary, naked or covered with cottony or mealy or waxy secretion (see Maskell 1896)

Systematics

Generic characteristics that distinguish this genus from all other eriococcids are: without protruding anal lobes; head with pair of lobular protuberances; anal ring pores situated at base of anal ring setae; dorsal margin with finge of enlarged setae (Beardsley 1982)

 

General References

Balachowsky, A.S. 1948. Les cochenilles de France, d'Europe, du nord de l'Afrique et du bassin Méditerranéen. IV. Monographie des Coccoidea, classification – Diaspidinae (première partie). Actualités Scientifiques et Industrielles 1054: 243-394 [253] (taxonomy)

Beardsley, J.W. 1974. A review of the genus Sphaerococcopsis Cockerell, with descriptions of two new species (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 21: 329-342 [329, 330, 332, 342] (distribution, host, taxonomy)

Beardsley, J.W. 1982. On the taxonomy of the genus Pseudopsylla Froggatt, with a redescription of the type species (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 24: 31-35 [31-35] (description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy)

Beardsley, J.W. 1984. Gall-forming Coccoidea. In, Ananthakrishnan, T.N. (ed.). Biology of Gall Insects. New Delhi : Oxford & IBH. Publ. Co. 400 pp. [86, 91-92] (description, distribution, host)

Beardsley, J.W. 1994. Biology and systematics of the Australian genus Lachnodius Maskell (Eriococcidae). Phytoparasitica 22: 238 [238] (distribution, host, taxonomy)

Beardsley, J.W. 1995. Biology and systematics of the Australian genus Lachnodius Maskell (Eriococcidae) (Abstract only). Israel Journal of Entomology 29: 100 [100] (host, taxonomy)

Borchsenius, N.S. 1949. Insects Homoptera. suborders mealybugs and scales (Coccoidea). Family mealybugs (Pseudococcidae). Vol. VII. Fauna SSSR. Zoologicheskii Institut Akademii Nauk SSSR 38: 1-382 [44] (taxonomy)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Article VII. – First supplement to the check-list of the Coccidae. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History 5: 389-398 [391] (distribution, taxonomy)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Tables for the determination of the genera of Coccidae. The Canadian Entomologist 31: 273-279, 330-333 [278] (taxonomy)

Costa Lima, A. 1934. Sobre alguns coccideos. Archivos do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal (Rio de Janeiro) 1: 131-138 [132] (taxonomy)

Ferris, G.F. 1919. A contribution to the knowledge of the Coccidae of Southwestern United States. Stanford University Publications, University Series 1919: 1-68 [23] (description, distribution, taxonomy)

Ferris, G.F. 1921. Notes on Coccidae – VII, VIII. (Hemiptera). The Canadian Entomologist 53: 57-61, 91-95 [60] (taxonomy)

Ferris, G.F. 1955. On some genera of the Pseudococcidae. (Homoptera: Coccoidea). (Contribution No. 90). Microentomology 20: 1-19 [1] (description, taxonomy)

Froggatt, W.W. 1917. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. (Part II [in part]). Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 28: 134-140, 505-514 [136] (description, distribution, host, taxonomy)

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 [6] (description, distribution,)

Froggatt, W.W. 1921. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. (Part II [Concl.]). Science Bulletin, Department of Agriculture, New South Wales 18: 1-159 [46, 109] (description, distribution, host, taxonomy)

Green, E.E. 1922. The Coccidae of Ceylon. London : Dulau & Co. Vol. 5. [400] (description, taxonomy)

Gullan, P.J. 1984. Taxonomy and biology of Australian gall-forming Coccoidea. Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium of Central European Entomofaunistics, Budapest, 15–20 August 1983. 381-383 pp. [381] (taxonomy)

Hardy, N.B., Beardsley Jr, J.W. & Gullan, P.J. 2019. A revision of Lachnodius Maskell (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Eriococcidae). ZooKeys 818: 43-88 [47]

Hoy, J.M. 1963. A catalogue of the Eriococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea) of the world. Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 150: 1-260 [165] (catalogue, distribution, host)

Koteja, J. 1974. Comparative studies on the labium in the Coccinea (Homoptera). Zeszyty Naukowe Akademii Rolniczej we Warszawie, Rozprawy Naukowe 89: 1-162 [56] (description, taxonomy)

Koteja, J. 1974. On the phylogeny and classification of the scale insects (Homoptera, Coccinea) (discussion based on the morphology of the mouthparts). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 19: 267-325 [269, 275, 308] (structure, taxonomy)

Lindinger, L. 1937. Verzeichnis der Schildläus-Gattungen. (Homoptera - Coccoidea Handlirsch, 1903). Entomologisches Jahrbuch 46: 178-198 [187] (taxonomy)

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. [131, 145] (distribution, host, taxonomy)

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] [400] (description, taxonomy)

Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E. 2000. A Systematic Catalogue of the Eriococcidae (Felt Scales) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the World. Andover, UK : Intercept Ltd 589 pp. [392] (catalogue, taxonomy)

Morrison, H. & Morrison, E.R. 1922. A redescription of the type species of the genera of Coccidae based on species originally described by Maskell. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60: 1-120 [44, 47-78] (description, taxonomy)

Morrison, H. & Morrison, E.R. 1966. An annotated list of generic names of the scale insects (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Miscellaneous Publication United States Department of Agriculture 1015: 1-206 [102] (taxonomy)

Nur, U. 1980. Evolution of unusual chromosome systems in scale insects (Coccoidea: Homoptera). In, Blackman, R.L., Hewitt, G.M. & Ashburner, M. (eds). Insect Cytogenetics. London : Royal Entomological Society 278 pp. [104] (chemistry, physiology)

Voelcker, O.J. 1947. Annual Report (West African Cacao Research Institute). London : Crown Agents for the Colonies 71 pp. [25] (distribution, host)

Williams, D.J. 1991. Superfamily Coccoidea. pp. 457–464 in, Chapter 30. Hemiptera (Bugs, leafhoppers, cicadas, aphids, scale insects etc.). pp. 429-509 in CSIRO (ed.). The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press Vol. 1 xiii 542 pp. [461] (taxonomy)

 

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 11-Dec-2023 MODIFIED Dr Vivian Sandoval (ABRS)
21-Nov-2012 21-Nov-2012 MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012 29-Jun-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)