Species Lachnodius lectularius Maskell, 1896

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• Lachnodius lectularius 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].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANIC adult ♀, Victoria.
  Paralectotype(s) NZAC 5 slides: adult ♀ mouth parts, adult ♀ posterior body + antennae, 1 2nd-instar ♀, 2 1st-instar nymphs, same as Lectotype; NZAC 11 adult ♀♀, Goulburn River, Mooroopna, VIC; USNM "Mask. Coll. No. 453" 1 adult ♀, Australia.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Hardy, N.B., Beardsley Jr, J.W. & Gullan, P.J. 2019. A revision of Lachnodius Maskell (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Eriococcidae). ZooKeys 818: 43-88 [70].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

STRUCTURE

Adult female dark red or reddish brown, elliptical, very convex, but distinctly segmented. Female of the second stage yellow or yellowish brown, elliptical, convex. First-instar nymphs are yellow, subcircular or broadly elliptical, slightly tapering posteriorly (see 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]).

GENERAL

Original description and illustration by 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]; useful short description 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 setae slightly conical; antennae 7-segmented; legs well developed, tibia and tarsi with enlarged setae on inner margin; anal ring ventral, with pores and 10 to 15 setae; tubular ducts without cup-like structure; multilocular pores abundant over venter (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).

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 [67, Figs 2a, b, 7]

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