Species Lachnodius hirsutus (Froggatt, 1921)

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• Pseudopsylla hirsutus 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].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ASCU ASCTHE101343 ♀, Port Darwin, NT.
  Paralectotype(s) ASCU ASCTHE101342 ♀, Port Darwin, NT.

  Type host:

   Eucalyptus

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Darwin Coastal (DAC)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

GENERAL

Original description and illustration by 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. Subsequent taxonomic discussion by 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.

SYSTEMATICS

Slide-mounted adult female with: marginal fringe of several hundred hair-like setae; antennae 6-segmented; legs well developed, tibia and tarsi with enlarged setae on inner margin; anal ring ventral, with pores and 6 or 7 small setae; tubular ducts without cup-like structure; multilocular pores few, present near spiracles (see 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). Because of the similarity of the species epithets "hirtus" and "hirsutus" these species have sometimes been confused.

STRUCTURE

Adult female deep red, legs and antennae brownish yellow. Body convex above, concave below (see 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).

General References

Hardy, N.B., Beardsley Jr, J.W. & Gullan, P.J. 2019. A revision of Lachnodius Maskell (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Eriococcidae). ZooKeys 818: 43-88 [64, Figs 1f, 6]

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