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Species Lachnodius lectularius Maskell, 1896

 

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).

 

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)
05-Jun-2024 ERIOCOCCIDAE 01-Mar-2019 MODIFIED
21-Nov-2012 01-May-2014 MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012 29-Jun-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)