Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

Steatococcus Ferris, 1921

Species moved to Icerya, or names synonymised by Unruh & Gullan (2006).

General References

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

History of changes

• Icerya Signoret, V. 1875. Communication sur les cochenilles. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Bulletin 5 4: cxxxix-cxl, ccxx [dated 1874] [cclviii].

  Type species:

   Icerya sacchari Guérin-Méneville, 1867 (= Dorthesia seychellarum Westwood, 1855) by monotypy.
• Crossotoma Douglas, J.W. 1890. Notes on some British and exotic Coccidae (No. 15). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 26: 79-81 [79].

  Type species:

   Crossotosoma aegyptiacum Douglas, 1890 by original designation.
• Icerya Cockerell, T.D.A. 1895. VIII. Some new insects. Psyche (Cambridge) 7: 15-16 [15].

  Type species:

   Icerya (Proticerya) rileyi Cockerell, 1895 by monotypy.
• Newsteadiella 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. [75].

  Type species:

   Icerya formicarum Newstead, 1897 by monotypy.
• Auloicerya Morrison, H. & Morrison, E.R. 1923. The scale insects of the sub-families Monophlebinae and Margarodinae treated by Maskell. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 62: 1-47 [22].

  Type species:

   Palaeococcus australis Maskell, 1923 by original designation.
• Pericerya Silvestri, F. 1939. Compendio di Entomologia Applicata. Parte speciale. Portici : Tipografia Bellavista 974 pp. [648].

  Type species:

   Icerya purchasi Maskell, 1879 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Morrison, H. 1928. A classification of the higher groups and genera of the coccid family Margarodidae. United States Department of Agriculture. Technical Bulletin 52: 1-240 [219] (Crossotoma =Icerya; also p. 220 for Icerya (Proticerya)= Icerya)
• Rao, V.P. 1951. Iceryine scale insects recorded from the Orient. Indian Journal of Entomology 12: 39-66 [40] (Newsteadiella =Icerya)
• 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 [152] (Pericerya =Icerya)
• 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 [41]

Distribution

States

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

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), King (KIN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Central E coast
  • Queensland
  • South Australia
  • Western Australia
• Cook Islands
• Federated States of Micronesia
• Fiji
• Kiribati
• New Caledonia
• Niue
• Palau
• Papua New Guinea
• Solomon Islands
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu
• Western Samoa

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

• Colombia
• French Guiana

Oriental Region

• China (People's Republic)
  • Fujian (Fukien)
  • Guangdong (Kwangtung)
• Hong Kong
• India
  • Assam
  • Karnataka
  • Kerala
  • Tamil Nadu
  • West Bengal
• Indonesia
• Malaysia
• Pakistan
• Ryukyu Islands (= Nansei Shoto)
• Sri Lanka
• Taiwan
• Thailand

Palaearctic Region

• Japan

General References

Gómez-Menor Ortega, J. 1957. Adiciones a los cóccidos de España (4a nota). Eos 33: 39-86 [86] (misspelling of genus name as Perycerya)

Gómez-Menor Ortega, J. 1968. Adiciones a los Coccidos de España VII nota (Hem. Homoptera). Eos 43: 541-563 [563] (subsequent misspelling of genus name as Perycerya)

Hadzibejli, Z.K. 1983. Coccids of the Subtropical Zone of Gruzia. Tbilisi : Metsniereba 293 pp. [55] (misspelling of genus name as Icerva, also as Preicerya on the same page, and as Ycerya on p. 266)

Hempel, A. 1912. Catalogos da fauna Brasileira editados pello Museu Paulista S. Paulo – Brasil. Sao Paulo : Diario Official 77 pp. [57] (misspelling of genus name)

Kaussari, M. 1957. La deuxième liste des cochenilles de l'Iran. Ministère de l'Agriculture, Entomologie et Phytopathologie Appliquées, Publication du Départment Général de la Protection Plantes. Tehran 16–17: 1-3 [2] (subsequent misspelling of genus name as Iceria)

Kawecki, Z. 1965. The importance of the degree of reduction in male wing apparatus for studies on the phylogenesis of scale insects (Homoptera, Coccoidea). Zoologica Poloniae, Krakow 14: 205-211 [206] (subsequent misspelling of genus name as Iceria)

Kiritchenko, A.N. 1932. Suborder Coccoidea. Scale insects. Trudy po Zashchite Rastenii, Series Entomologya 5: 63-66 (subsequent misspelling as Iceria, p. 253 cited in ScaleNet, but article only pp. 63-66)

Rao, V.P. 1943. Maskell in South India. Indian Journal of Entomology 5(1/2): 246-247 [246] (misspelling, as Acerya)

History of changes

• Auloicerya acaciae Morrison, H. & Morrison, E.R. 1923. The scale insects of the sub-families Monophlebinae and Margarodinae treated by Maskell. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 62: 1-47 [26].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 25272 ♀, Western Australia, Swan River.

  Type host:

   Acacia huegelii Benth. [MIMOSACEAE]

Generic Combinations

• Icerya acaciae (Morrison & Morrison, 1923).

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Acacia spp. [FABACEAE] Wattle; Acacia huegelii Benth. [FABACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

A biparental species, univoltine in ACT, but may be bivoltine in warmer parts of Australia; uses many different species of Acacia as hosts.

History of changes

• Icerya rosae australis Maskell, W.M. 1894. Further coccid notes with descriptions of several new species and discussion of various points of interest. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 26: 65-105 [101].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NZAC ♀, Australia, Sydney.

  Type host:

   Hakea gibbosa (Sm.) Cav. [PROTEACEAE]

Generic Combinations

• Icerya australis Maskell, 1894. —
  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 [41] (stat. rev.)
• Auloicerya australis (Maskell, 1894). —
  Vayssière, P. 1926. Contribution á l'étude biologique et systématique des Coccidae. Annales des Epiphyties 12: 187-382 [307]
• Palaeococcus australis (Maskell, 1894). —
  Cockerell, T.D.A. 1902. A contribution to the classification of the Coccidae. The Entomologist 35: 232-233, 257-260 [233]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Hakea gibbosa (Sm.) Cav. [PROTEACEAE]).

General References

Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. 2005. ScaleNet. http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/scalenet.

Morrison, H. & Morrison, E.R. 1923. The scale insects of the sub-families Monophlebinae and Margarodinae treated by Maskell. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 62: 1-47 [22] (as Paleococcus australis, misspelling of genus name)

History of changes

• Llaveia callitri Froggatt, W.W. 1923. Forest insects of Australia. N.S.W., Sydney : Forestry Commissioners viii 171 pp. [162].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC ♀ and first instar, near Corinbil homestead, near Carrathool, NSW.

  Type host:

   Callitris glaucophylla Joy Thomps. & L.A.S.Johnson [CUPRESSACEAE] (as Callitris glauca)

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Callitris glaucophylla Joy Thomps. & L.A.S.Johnson [CUPRESSACEAE] (as Callitris glauca)).

General References

Lindinger, L. 1955. Schriftennachweis der mittelamerikanischen Schildläuse aus der Gattung Llavea [sic] Sign. und ihrer Verwandten (Coccoidae: Coccionellinea (Margarodinae aut.)). Beiträge zur Entomologie (Berlin) 5: 341-346 [346] (misspelling of species name)

History of changes

• Icerya imperatae Rao, V.P. 1951. Iceryine scale insects recorded from the Orient. Indian Journal of Entomology 12: 39-66 [58].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 29/897 ♀, Philippines, Occidental Negros, Ada Tanao Sagay.

  Type host:

   Saccharum spontaneum L. [Poaceae]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Paspalum notatum Fluegge [POACEAE] Bahia Grass; Bambusa spinosa Roxb. [POACEAE] Bamboo; Saccharum spontaneum L. [POACEAE] False Sugar Cane; Chloris barbata Sw. [POACEAE] Purpletop Chloris; Oryza sativa L. [POACEAE] Rice; Brachiaria decumbens Stapf [POACEAE] Signal Grass; Paspalum conjugatum P.J.Bergius [POACEAE] Sour Grass; Ottochloa nodosa (Kunth) Dandy [POACEAE]; Imperata conferta (J. Presl) Ohwi [POACEAE]; Imperata exaltata (Roxb.) Brongn. [POACEAE]; Pennisetum sp. [POACEAE]; Sorghum sp. [POACEAE]).

History of changes

• Icerya koebelei Maskell, W.M. 1893. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species from Australia, India, Sandwich Islands, Demerara, and South Pacific. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 25: 201-252 [245].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NZAC ♀, Sydney and Brisbane.

  Type host:

   Leptospermum laevigatum (Gaertn.) F.Muell. [MYRTACEAE]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Sydney and Brisbane.

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Leptospermum laevigatum (Gaertn.) F.Muell. [MYRTACEAE] Coast Teatree).

History of changes

• 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

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

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan pest of many plant groups but of economic importance on citrus crops.

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Cook Islands
• Federated States of Micronesia
• Fiji
• Kiribati
• New Caledonia
• Niue
• Palau
• Papua New Guinea
• Solomon Islands
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu
• Western Samoa

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

• Colombia
• French Guiana

Oriental Region

• Thailand

Palaearctic Region

• Japan

Ecological Descriptors

Polyphagous, sap-feeder.

Extra Ecological Information

A polyphagous pest.

General References

Chou, I. 1947. The scale insects of citrus and their cyanide fumigation. Entomologia Sinica. Shensi 2: 25-39 [30,39] (as Icerya pulchasi, misspelling of genus name)

Gómez-Menor Ortega, J. 1957. Adiciones a los cóccidos de España (4a nota). Eos 33: 39-86 [86] (as Peryceria purchasi, misspelling of genus name)

Gómez-Menor Ortega, J. 1960. Adiciones a los Cóccidos de España. V. (Superfamilia Coccoidea). Eos 36: 157-204 [204] (as Peryceria purchasi, misspelling of genus name)

Gómez-Menor Ortega, J. 1965. Adiciones a los Cóccidos de España, (6a nota). Especies del genero Evallaspis con su distribución geográfica en la Peninsula a las Islas Baleares. Eos 41: 87-114 [114] (as Perycerya purchasi, misspelling of genus name)

Hadzibejli, Z.K. 1983. Coccids of the Subtropical Zone of Gruzia. Tbilisi : Metsniereba 293 pp. [266] (as Ycerya purchasi, misspelling of genus name; on p. 55 as Preicerya purchsi, misspelling of genus and species name)

Kaussari, M. 1957. La deuxième liste des cochenilles de l'Iran. Ministère de l'Agriculture, Entomologie et Phytopathologie Appliquées, Publication du Départment Général de la Protection Plantes. Tehran 16–17: 1-3 [2] (as Icerya purchasi, misspelling of genus name)

Kiritchenko, A.N. 1932. Suborder Coccoidea. Scale insects. Trudy po Zashchite Rastenii, Series Entomologya 5: 63-66 [253] (as Iceria purchasi, misspelling of genus name. Note inconsistency in ScaleNet: Kiritchenko (1932a) is pages 66-69, but the reference is cited as page 253)

History of changes

• Icerya purchasi Maskell, W.M. 1879. On some Coccidae in New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 11[1878]: 187-228 [221].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NZAC ♀, NEW ZEALAND: Auckland.

  Type host:

   Acacia sp. [MIMOSACEAE] ('collected on "kangaroo acacia')

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

Ecological Descriptors

Polyphagous, sap-feeder.

General References

Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. 2005. ScaleNet. http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/scalenet. (host plants listed)

History of changes

Generic Combinations

• Icerya seychellarum (Westwood, 1855).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

History of changes

• Dorthesia seychellarum Westwood, J.O. 1855. The Seychelles Dorthesia. Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette 51: 836 [836].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♀ (types from a palm imported from the Seychelles Islands), England.
• Coccus sacchari Guérin-Méneville, F.É. 1867. [Comment on] M. ed. Morin adresse une lettre sur les ravages produits a l'Ile de la Réunion par des insectes qui attaquent la canne à sucre. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée. Paris 19: 450-451 [451].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ♀ (type material lost, see Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. 2005. ScaleNet. http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/scalenet), Mauritius.

  Type host:

   Saccharum officinarum Linnaeus [GRAMINAE]
• Icerya crocea Green, E.E. 1896. Catalogue of Coccidae collected in Ceylon. Indian Museum Notes 4: 2-10 [7].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♀, Sri Lanka, Pundaloya.

  Type host:

   Citrus sp. [RUTACEAE]
• Icerya candida Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Some Coccidae from the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Sciences 10: 127-136 [128].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) USNM ♀ (collected 4 June (1905?)), Philippines, Manila.
• Icerya okadae Kuwana, S.I. 1907. Coccidae of Japan, I. A synoptical list of Coccidae of Japan with descriptions of thirteen new species. Bulletin of the Imperial Central Agricultural Experiment Station, Japan 1: 177-212 [178].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ♀ and first instar, Japan.

  Type host:

   Citrus sp. [RUTACEAE] (on orange tree)

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Fernald, M.E. 1903. A catalogue of the Coccidae of the world. Bulletin of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College 88: 1-360 [27] (for Coccus sacchari)
• Green, E.E. 1922. The Coccidae of Ceylon. London : Dulau & Co. Vol. 5. [440] (for Icerya crocea)
• Morrison, H. 1928. A classification of the higher groups and genera of the coccid family Margarodidae. United States Department of Agriculture. Technical Bulletin 52: 1-240 [208] (for Icerya candida, also p. 178 for Icerya okadae)

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Pantropical and subtropical - widespread.

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

Extra Ecological Information

A common pest on various host plants in parts of Asia, several Pacific islands, Japan and Africa; reported on unsuccessful attempts to control this pest in South Africa with the predatory fly Cryptochaetum monophlebi Skuse, introduced from Mauritius and Madagascar.

General References

Kawecki, Z. 1965. The importance of the degree of reduction in male wing apparatus for studies on the phylogenesis of scale insects (Homoptera, Coccoidea). Zoologica Poloniae, Krakow 14: 205-211 [206] (misspelling of Icerya seychellarum as Iceria seychellarum)

Vayssière, P. 1926. Contribution à l'étude biologique et systematique des Coccidae. Annales des Epiphyties 12: 197-382 [340] (misspelling of I. crocae for I. crocea)

Common Name References

Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. 2005. ScaleNet. http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/scalenet. (Common White Mealybug)

History of changes

• Melaleucococcus Bhatti, S. 1990. A new monophlebine genus (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Margarodidae: Monophlebinae) on Melaleuca L. in Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 495-517 [499].

  Type species:

   Melaeucococcus phacelopilus Bhatti, 1990 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales
  • Western Australia

History of changes

• Melaleucococcus hirtipectus Bhatti, S. 1990. A new monophlebine genus (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Margarodidae: Monophlebinae) on Melaleuca L. in Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 495-517 [511].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Western Australia, Yule Brook Reserve, off Brook Road, Kenwick, Perth suburb.

  Type host:

   Melaleuca sp. [MYRTACEAE]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Melaleuca sp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-tree).

History of changes

• Melaleucococcus nodosus Bhatti, S. 1990. A new monophlebine genus (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Margarodidae: Monophlebinae) on Melaleuca L. in Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 495-517 [509].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Western Australia, Perth suburb, Bartram Road, near intersection with Tepper Road, Banjup.

  Type host:

   Melaleuca rhaphiophylla Schauer [MYRTACEAE]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Melaleuca nodosa (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Sm. [MYRTACEAE] Prickly-leaved Paperbark; Melaleuca rhaphiophylla Schauer [MYRTACEAE]).

History of changes

• Melaleucococcus notoporosus Bhatti, S. 1990. A new monophlebine genus (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Margarodidae: Monophlebinae) on Melaleuca L. in Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 495-517 [514].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Western Australia, near Eastern Highway, 38 km East of Southern Cross, near Kelland.

  Type host:

   Melaleuca uncinata R.Br. [MYRTACEAE]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Melaleuca uncinata R.Br. [MYRTACEAE] Broombush).

History of changes

• Melaleucococcus phacelopilus Bhatti, S. 1990. A new monophlebine genus (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Margarodidae: Monophlebinae) on Melaleuca L. in Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 495-517 [501].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Australian Capital Territory.

  Type host:

   Melaleuca ericifolia Sm. [MYRTACEAE]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales

IBRA

ACT, NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Melaleuca nodosa (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Sm. [MYRTACEAE] Prickly-leaved Paperbark; Melaleuca glaberrima F.Muell. [MYRTACEAE]; Melaleuca ericifolia Sm. [MYRTACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

A univoltine species in Canberra, Australia.

History of changes

• Monophlebulus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1902. A contribution to the classification of the Coccidae. The Entomologist 35: 232-233, 257-260 [233].

  Type species:

   Monophlebus fuscus Maskell, 1893 by original designation (Monophlebus fuscus also by monotypy).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales
  • Queensland
  • South Australia

General References

Foldi, I. 2001. A world list of extant and fossil species of Margarodidae sensu lato (Hemiptera, Coccoidea). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie 18(3): 195-231 (elevated to genus)

History of changes

• Monophlebulus comperei Morrison, H. & Morrison, E.R. 1923. The scale insects of the sub-families Monophlebinae and Margarodinae treated by Maskell. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 62: 1-47 [12].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 25269 ♀, Queensland, Brisbane.

  Type host:

   Eucalyptus sp. [MYRTACEAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Eucalyptus sp. [MYRTACEAE] Gum Tree).

History of changes

• Monophlebus crawfordi Maskell, W.M. 1889. On some new South Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 11: 101-111 [dated 1888] [108].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NZAC ♀, Australia, South Australia.

Distribution

States

South Australia

IBRA

SA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Nullarbor (NUL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

History of changes

• Monophlebus fuscus Maskell, W.M. 1893. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species from Australia, India, Sandwich Islands, Demerara, and South Pacific. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 25: 201-252 [233].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NZAC ♀, Australia, New South Wales.

  Type host:

   Eucalyptus sp. [MYRTACEAE]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Eucalyptus sp. [MYRTACEAE] Gum Tree).

History of changes

• Monophlebus crawfordi pilosior Maskell, W.M. 1893. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species from Australia, India, Sandwich Islands, Demerara, and South Pacific. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 25: 201-252 [244].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NZAC ♀ (locality not recorded), Australia.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Eucalyptus sp. [MYRTACEAE] Gum Tree).

History of changes

• Monophlebulus subterraneus Morrison, H. & Morrison, E.R. 1923. The scale insects of the sub-families Monophlebinae and Margarodinae treated by Maskell. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 62: 1-47 [14].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 25270 ♀, South Australia, Adelaide.

  Type host:

   Eucalyptus sp. [MYRTACEAE] (on roots)

Distribution

States

South Australia

IBRA

SA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Nullarbor (NUL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Eucalyptus sp. [MYRTACEAE] Gum Tree).

Extra Ecological Information

On roots.

History of changes

• Monophlebus Guérin-Méneville, F.É. 1827. Monophlèbe. Monophlebus. p. 99 In, Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle Tome 11. Paris : Rey et Gravier, Libraires-Editeurs 615 pp.

  Type species:

   Monophlebus atripennis Burmeister, 1835 by subsequent designation, see Cockerell, T.D.A. 1902. A contribution to the classification of the Coccidae. The Entomologist 35: 232-233, 257-260.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA

Tas: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Tasmania

General References

Brain, C.K. 1915. The Coccidae of South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 5: 65-194 [160] (incorrect citation of 'Leach' as author)

Burmeister, H. 1835. Scharlachlause. Schildläuse. Coccina. (Gallinsecta 1). pp. 61-83 in Burmeister, H. (ed.). Handbuch der Entomologie. Berlin : T.F. Inslin Vol. 2(1). [80] (incorrect citation of 'Leach' as author)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Rhynchota, Hemiptera – Homoptera. [Aleurodidae and Coccidae]. Biologia Centrali-Americana 2: 1-37 [2] (incorrect citation of 'Leach' as author)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1902. A contribution to the classification of the Coccidae. The Entomologist 35: 232-233, 257-260 [232] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement as Monophlebus (Monophlebus) and incorrect citation of 'Leach' as author of Monophlebus)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1902. Tables for the determination of Mexican Coccidae. I. Subfamily Monophlebinae. Memorias y Revista de la Sociedad Científica 'Antonio Alzate' 18: 79-82 [79] (incorrect citation of 'Leach' as author)

Fernald, M.E. 1903. A catalogue of the Coccidae of the world. Bulletin of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College 88: 1-360 [15] (incorrect citation of 'Burmeister' as author)

Green, E.E. 1922. The Coccidae of Ceylon. London : Dulau & Co. Vol. 5. [430] (incorrect citation of 'Burmeister' as author)

Kuwana, S.I. 1902. Coccidae (scale insects) of Japan. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences ser. 3, Zool 3: 43-98 [46] (incorrect citation of 'Leach' as author)

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. [71] (incorrect citation of 'Burmeister' as author)

Maskell, W.M. 1889. On some new South Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 11: 101-111 [dated 1888] [107] (incorrect citation of 'Leach' as author)

Maskell, W.M. 1891. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species from New Zealand, Australia, and Fiji. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 23: 1-36 [dated 1890] [28] (incorrect citation of 'Leach' as author)

Morrison, H. 1928. A classification of the higher groups and genera of the coccid family Margarodidae. United States Department of Agriculture. Technical Bulletin 52: 1-240 [144] (incorrect citation of 'Burmeister' as author)

Morrison, H. & Morrison, E.R. 1923. The scale insects of the sub-families Monophlebinae and Margarodinae treated by Maskell. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 62: 1-47 [1] (incorrect citation of 'Burmeister' as author)

Signoret, V. 1876. Essai sur les cochenilles ou gallinsectes (Homoptères – Coccides), 17e partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 5 5: 374-394 [363] (incorrect citation of 'Leach' as author)

Targioni Tozzetti, A. 1868. Introduzione alla seconda memoria per gli studi sulle cocciniglie, e catalogo dei generi e delle specie della famiglia dei coccidi. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali 11: 694-738 [724] (misspelling of genus name as Monophloebus and also incorrect citation of 'Leach' as author)

Vayssière, P. 1923. Note préliminaire sur les Monophlebinae (Hemiptères-Coccides). Détermination des genres. Annales des Epiphyties 9(410): 410-429 [427] (incorrect citation of 'Burmeister' as author)

Vayssière, P. 1926. Contribution à l'étude biologique et systematique des Coccidae. Annales des Epiphyties 12: 197-382 [266] (incorrect citation of 'Burmeister' as author)

Westwood, J.O. 1845. Plate VI. Illustrations of various species of Coccidae, belonging to the genus Monophlebus. Arcana Entomologica: or Illustrations of New, Rare, and Interesting Insects 1: 21-22 [21] (incorrect citation of 'Leach' as author)

History of changes

• Monophlebus illigeri Westwood, J.O. 1845. Plate VI. Illustrations of various species of Coccidae, belonging to the genus Monophlebus. Arcana Entomologica: or Illustrations of New, Rare, and Interesting Insects 1: 21-22 [22].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂, Tasmania (as Terra Van Diemenii).

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA

Tas: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

General References

Targioni Tozzetti, A. 1868. Introduzione alla seconda memoria per gli studi sulle cocciniglie, e catalogo dei generi e delle specie della famiglia dei coccidi. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali 11: 694-738 [724] (misspelled genus name, as Monophloebus illigeri)

History of changes

• Nodulicoccus Morrison, H. in Morrison, H. & Morrison, E.R. 1923. The scale insects of the sub-families Monophlebinae and Margarodinae treated by Maskell. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 62: 1-47 [19].

  Type species:

   Monophlebus crawfordi levis Maskell, 1893 by monotypy.

Distribution

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia

History of changes

• Monophlebus crawfordi levis Maskell, W.M. 1893. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species from Australia, India, Sandwich Islands, Demerara, and South Pacific. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 25: 201-252 [244].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NZAC 284 ♀ (locality not indicated), Australia.

Distribution

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

History of changes