Species Morganella longispina (Morgan, 1889)

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Species Morganella longispina (Morgan, 1889)

Aspidiotus longispina Morgan, A.C.F. 1889. Observations of Coccidae (No. 5). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 25: 349-353 [352] [illustration].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Demerara.
Type host:
Cupania sapida Voigt. [SAPINDACEAE]
Aspidiotus longispinus ornatus Maskell, W.M. 1898. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species, and discussion of points of interest. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 30[1897]: 219-252 [225].
Aspidiotus (Morganella) maskelli Cockerell, T.D.A. 1897. The San José scale and its nearest allies. United States Department of Agriculture. Division of Entomology. Technical Series 6: 1-31 [24].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Amamoor; Brisbane; Cleveland; Cooktown; Imbil; Sunnybank; Yarraman; Sandwich Is.; South Pacific.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Mauritius

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal
Hawaii
Papua New Guinea

Neotropical Region

Brazil
Guyana

Oriental Region

Sri Lanka

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Alectryon connatus (F.Muell.) Radlk. [SAPINDACEAE] Alectryon; Carica papaya L. [CARICACEAE] Pawpaw, Papaya; Toona ciliata M.Roem [MELIACEAE]; Ficus carica L. [MORACEAE]; Ficus macrophylla Desf. ex Pers. [MORACEAE]; Ligustrum sinense Lour. [OLEACEAE]; Macadamia ternifolia F.Muell. [PROTEACEAE]; Nerium oleander L. [APOCYNACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Milky pine.

General References

Brimblecombe, A.R. 1955. Studies of the Coccoidea. 3. The genera Chentraspis, Clavaspis, Lindingaspis, and Morganella in Queensland. Queensland Journal of Agricultural Science 12: 39-56 [54-56] (as Morganella longispina; description; illustration)

Brimblecombe, A.R. 1962. Studies of the Coccoidea. 12. Species occurring on deciduous fruit and nut trees in Queensland. Queensland Journal of Agricultural Science 19: 219-229 [222] (as Morganella longispina)

Maskell, W.M. 1895. Synoptical list of Coccidae reported from Australasia and the Pacific Islands up to December 1894. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 27: 1-35 [4] (as Aspidiotus longispina )

Rutherford, A. 1915. Some new Ceylon Coccidae. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 24: 111-118 [109] (as Morganella maskelli; description)

Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W. 1988. The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Part 1. The armoured scales (Diaspididae). London : CAB International Institute of Entomology 290 pp. [82-83] (as Morganella longispina; illustration)

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
14-Dec-2022	DIASPIDIDAE	29-May-2023	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018	COCCOIDEA	29-May-2023	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018	DIASPIDIDAE	29-May-2023	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018		29-May-2023	MODIFIED
21-Nov-2012		29-May-2023	MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012		29-May-2023	MODIFIED
		29-May-2023	MODIFIED

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