Species Megapulvinaria maskelli (Olliff, 1891)

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• Pulvinaria maskelli Olliff, S. 1891. A new scale-insect destroying saltbush. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 2: 667-669 [667].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ♀, AUSTRALIA: New South Wales.
• Signoretia atriplicis Maskell, W.M. 1892. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species, and remarks on coccids from New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 24: 1-64 [dated 1891] [23].
• Pulvinaria maskelli spinosior 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 [78].
• Pulvinaria nuytsiae Maskell, W.M. 1897. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species and discussions of points of interest. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 29: 293-331 [313].
• Ctenochiton nuytsiae Fuller, C. 1897. Some Coccidae of Western Australia. Journal of Western Australia Bureau of Agriculture 4: 1344-1346 [1345].
• Ctenochiton nuytsiae minor Fuller, C. 1897. Some Coccidae of Western Australia. Journal of Western Australia Bureau of Agriculture 4: 1344-1346 [1345] [nom. nud.].
• Pulvinaria maskelli viminariae Fuller, C. 1897. Some Coccidae of Western Australia. Journal of Western Australia Bureau of Agriculture 4: 1344-1346 [1345].
• Pulvinaria newmani Froggatt, W.W. 1915. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects ('Coccidae') of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 26: 411-423, 511-516, 603-615, 754-764, 1055-1064 [417].
• Pulvinaria maskelli novemarticulata Green, E.E. 1915. New species of Coccidae from Australia. Bulletin of Entomological Research 6: 45-53 [48].
• Pulvinaria daveyi Froggatt, W.W. 1923. Forest insects of Australia. N.S.W., Sydney : Forestry Commissioners viii 171 pp. [162].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [80] (synonymy of Signoretia atriplicis Maskell, 1892)
• Qin, T.K. & Gullan, P.J. 1992. A revision of the Australian pulvinariine soft scales (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccidae). Journal of Natural History 26: 103-164 [132] (synonymy of Pulvinaria daveyi Froggatt, 1923; synonymy of Pulvinaria maskelli novemarticulata Green, 1915; synonymy of Pulvinaria maskelli viminariae Fuller, 1897; synonymy of Ctenochiton nuytsiae Fuller, 1897; synonymy of Pulvinaria nuytsiae Maskell, 1897; synonymy of Pulvinaria maskelli spinosior Maskell, 1894; synonymy of Pulvinaria newmani Froggatt, 1915)

Generic Combinations

• Megapulvinaria maskelli (Olliff, 1891).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

General References

Fernald, M.E. 1903. Notes on the Coccidae. The Canadian Entomologist 35: 22 [136] (Pulvinaria maskelli nuytsiae: incorrect citation of 'Maskell' as author)

Common Name References

Naumann, I.D., Ingram, R.J. & Floyd, R. 2002. Australian Insect Common Names, based on CSIRO Handbook of Australian Insect Names. 6th edn 1993. http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/. (Cottony Saltbush Scale)

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