Species Nipponorthezinella guadalcanalia (Morrison, 1952)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Nipponorthezia guadalcanalia Morrison, H. 1952. Classification of the Ortheziidae. Supplement to Classification of scale insects of the subfamily Ortheziinae. United States Department of Agriculture. Technical Bulletin 1052: 1-80 [73].
• Nipponorthezia mameti Richard, C. 1979. [Two new species of Ortheziidae (Homoptera, Coccoidea) on Reunion and Rodriguez Islands (Indian Ocean).] Deux nouvelles espèces d'Ortheziidae (Homoptera, Coccoidea) l'île de la Réunion et à l'île Rodrigue. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris [published 1895-1906] V 4(A, 1): 1079-1085 [1080].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W. 1990. The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Pt. 3: The soft scales (Coccidae) and other families. London : CAB International Institute of Entomology 267 pp. [40-42] (synonymy of Nipponorthezia mameti Richard, 1979)

Generic Combinations

• Nipponorthezinella guadalcanalia (Morrison, 1952). —
  Kozar, F. 2004. Ortheziidae of the World. Budapest : Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences 525 pp. [246]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Morrison, H., 1952) [73] (adult female; species of Nipponorthezia)

GENERAL

Detailed description and illustration by Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W. 1990. The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Pt. 3: The soft scales (Coccidae) and other families. London : CAB International Institute of Entomology 267 pp..

BIOLOGY

Beardsley, J.W. 1966. Insects of Micronesia. Homoptera: Coccoidea. Insects of Micronesia 6: 377–562 reports that the host of this species is unknown since his specimens were all collected using Berlese funnel traps from ground litter. This species has been found in decaying vegetable matter, which leads him to speculate that this is a root feeding insect.

STRUCTURE

Adult female is close to the generic type species in shape, size and dorsal spine cluster pattern. It differs in respect to long flagellate setae on antennae and legs in contrast to the short, normally spine-like setae with acute apices found in N. ardisiae (see Morrison, H. 1952. Classification of the Ortheziidae. Supplement to Classification of scale insects of the subfamily Ortheziinae. United States Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1052: 1–80).

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