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Genus Opisthoscelis Schrader, 1863

Distribution

States

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


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Kimberley (CK), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; NSW, SA, Vic: Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Victorian Midlands (VM) ; NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS)

GENERAL

Generic characters described by Ferris, G.F. 1957. Notes on some little known genera of the Coccoidea (Homoptera). Microentomology 22: 59–79.

SYSTEMATICS

This genus is easily recognized by the extraordinary development of the hind legs which are very large and elongate and protrude way beyond the posterior margin of the body, they contain numerous translucent pores even on the tarsus. It also has enlarged setae, reduced but segmented antennae, anterior legs reduced or absent (Ferris, G.F. 1957. Notes on some little known genera of the Coccoidea (Homoptera). Microentomology 22: 59–79).

BIOLOGY

Forming galls on the stems and leaves of Australian Eucalyptus species, see Beardsley, J.W. 1984. Gall-forming Coccoidea. In, Ananthakrishnan, T.N. (ed). Biology of gall insects. New Delhi : Oxford & IBH. Publ. Co. 400 pp..

 

General References

Atkinson, E.T. 1886. Insect-pests belonging to the homopterous family Coccidae. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Natural History 55: 267-298 [275] (description)

Beardsley, J.W. 1974. A review of the genus Sphaerococcopsis Cockerell, with descriptions of two new species (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 21: 329-342 [342] (distribution, host, taxonomy)

Beardsley, J.W. 1984. Gall-forming Coccoidea. In, Ananthakrishnan, T.N. (ed.). Biology of Gall Insects. New Delhi : Oxford & IBH. Publ. Co. 400 pp. [86, 103] (distribution, taxonomy)

Brown, S.W. 1967. Chromosome systems of the Eriococcidae (Coccoidea–Homoptera). 1. A survey of several genera. Chromosoma (Berlin) 22: 126-150 [132] (distribution, host)

Brues, C.T., Melander, A.L. & Carpenter, F.M. 1954. Classification of insects. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 108: 1-917 [165] (taxonomy)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1896. A check list of the Coccidae. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History 4: 318-339 [328] (taxonomy)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Article VII. – First supplement to the check-list of the Coccidae. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History 5: 389-398 [393] (taxonomy)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Tables for the determination of the genera of Coccidae. The Canadian Entomologist 31: 273-279, 330-333 [276] (taxonomy)

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 [46] (taxonomy)

Ferris, G.F. 1921. Notes on Coccidae – VII, VIII. (Hemiptera). The Canadian Entomologist 53: 57-61, 91-95 [91] (taxonomy)

Ferris, G.F. 1955. Atlas of the Scale Insects of North America. v. 7. The Families Aclerdidae, Asterolecaniidae, Conchaspididae Dactylopiidae and Lacciferidae. (Part 3). Palo Alto, California : Stanford University Press Vol. 7(3) 233 pp. [224] (taxonomy)

Ferris, G.F. 1957. Notes on some little known genera of the Coccoidea (Homoptera). Microentomology 22: 59-79 [63-64] (description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy)

Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on a new classification of the Brachyscelidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa [1893]: 75-76 [75] (taxonomy)

Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with descriptions of new species, Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8: 209-214 [209-214] (taxonomy)

Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Some account of the gall-making insects of Australia. Australian Natural History 5: 109-114 [112-113] (taxonomy)

Froggatt, W.W. 1898. The growth of vegetable galls. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 9: 385-391, 488-499 [496] (description, distribution, taxonomy)

Froggatt, W.W. 1921. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. (Part II [Concl.]). Science Bulletin, Department of Agriculture, New South Wales 18: 1-159 [114, 146] (description, host, taxonomy)

Fuller, C. 1897. A gall-making diaspid. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 8: 579-580 [579] (taxonomy)

Fuller, C. 1899. XIV. Notes and descriptions of some species of Western Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1899: 435-473 [464] (description, taxonomy)

Gullan, P.J. 1978. Male insects and galls of the genus Cylindrococcus Maskell (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 17: 53-61 [59] (distribution, structure, taxonomy)

Gullan, P.J. 1984. Taxonomy and biology of Australian gall-forming Coccoidea. Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium of Central European Entomofaunistics, Budapest, 15–20 August 1983. 381-383 pp. [381] (taxonomy)

Hardy, N.B. & Gullan, P.J. 2010. Australian gall-inducing scale insects on Eucalyptus: revision of Opisthoscelis Schrader (Coccoidea, Eriococcidae) and descriptions of a new genus and nine new species. ZooKeys 58: 1–74

Hoy, J.M. 1962. Eriococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea) of New Zealand. Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 146: 1-219 [11] (taxonomy)

Hoy, J.M. 1963. A catalogue of the Eriococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea) of the world. Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 150: 1-260 [175-176] (catalogue)

Kirkaldy, G.W. 1904. Bibliographical and nomenclatorial notes on the Hemiptera. – No. II. The Entomologist 37: 254-258 [256] (taxonomy)

Koteja, J. 1974. Comparative studies on the labium in the Coccinea (Homoptera). Zeszyty Naukowe Akademii Rolniczej we Warszawie, Rozprawy Naukowe 89: 1-162 [83] (distribution)

Koteja, J. 1974. On the phylogeny and classification of the scale insects (Homoptera, Coccinea) (discussion based on the morphology of the mouthparts). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 19: 267-325 [269, 275, 295, 298, 308] (structure, taxonomy)

Koteja, J. 1974. The occurrence of a campaniform sensillum on the tarsus in the Coccinea (Homoptera). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 44: 243-252 [244] (illustration, taxonomy)

Koteja, J. 1976. The salivary pump in the taxonomy of the Coccinea (Homoptera). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 21: 263-290 [278, 279] (taxonomy)

Koteja, J. 1980. Campaniform, basiconic, coeloconic, and intersegmental sensilla on the antennae in the Coccinea (Homoptera). Acta Biologica Cracoviensia 22: 73-88 [75] (illustration)

Koteja, J. & Liniowska, E. 1976. The clypeolabral shield in the taxonomy of the Coccinea (Homoptera). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 46: 653-681 [674, 675] (taxonomy)

Koteja, J. & Zak-Ogaza, B. 1972. Morphology and taxonomy of the male Kermes quercus (L.) (Homoptera, Coccoidea). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 17: 193-215 [207] (taxonomy)

Lindinger, L. 1937. Verzeichnis der Schildläus-Gattungen. (Homoptera - Coccoidea Handlirsch, 1903). Entomologisches Jahrbuch 46: 178-198 [191] (taxonomy)

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. [204] (taxonomy)

Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E. 2000. A Systematic Catalogue of the Eriococcidae (Felt Scales) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the World. Andover, UK : Intercept Ltd 589 pp. [408] (catalogue, taxonomy)

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 [139] (taxonomy)

Rübsaamen, E.H. 1894. Über australische Zoocecidien und deren Erzeuger. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 39: 199-234 [214] (description, distribution, taxonomy)

Schrader, H.L. 1863. Further communication on the gall-making Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 1: 6-8 [7] (description, taxonomy)

Signoret, V. 1868. Essai sur les cochenilles (Homoptères – Coccides), 1re partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 4 8: 503-528 [525] (distribution, taxonomy, misspelling of genus name as Ophistocelis)

Signoret, V. 1869. Essai sur les cochenilles ou gallinsectes (Homoptères – Coccides), 2e partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 4 8: 829-876 [834, 855, 872] (taxonomy, p. 834 misspelling of genus name as Ophiscelis and pp. 855 and 872 as Opliscelis)

Signoret, V. 1869. Essai sur les cochenilles ou gallinsectes (Homoptères – Coccides), 3e partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 4 9: 97-104 [100] (taxonomy, misspelling of genus name as Ophistoscelis)

Signoret, V. 1877. Essai sur les cochenilles ou gallinsectes (Homoptères – Coccides), 18e et dernière partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 5 6: 591-676 [597] (description, taxonomy)

Tepper, J.G.O. 1893. Descriptions of South Australian brachyscelid galls. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17: 265-280 [269] (taxonomy)

Theron, J.G. 1968. Studies on the morphology and relationships of male Apiomorpha and Opisthoscelis (Hemiptera: Coccoidea). Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 87-99 [87-99] (description, distribution, host, illustration, structure)

Tillyard, R.J. 1926. Insects of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney, Australia : Angus and Robertson 560 pp. [173] (distribution, host)

Weidner, V.H. 1974. Schildlausgallen an Eucalyptusbäumen in Australien. Entomologische Blätter 4: 438-464 [443] (illustration)

Woodward, T.E., Evans, J.W. & Eastop, V.F. 1970. Hemiptera (Bugs, leafhoppers etc.). In, Mackerras, I.M. (ed.). The Insects of Australia: a textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press 1029, 8 pls. [430] (distribution, host)

 

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 13-Dec-2023 MODIFIED Dr Vivian Sandoval (ABRS)
29-Mar-2018 ERIOCOCCIDAE 02-Jun-2017 MODIFIED
21-Nov-2012 21-Nov-2012 MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012 29-Jun-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)