Species Icerya australis Maskell, 1894

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• 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)

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