Species Parlatoria pittospori Maskell, 1891

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• Parlatoria pittospori Maskell, W.M. 1891. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species from New Zealand, Australia, and Fiji. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 23: 1-36 [dated 1890] [11-12] [illustration].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, NZAC, nr Melbourne, VIC.

  Type host:

   Pittosporum undulatum Vent. [PITTOSPORACEAE] (on foliage)
• Parlatoria myrtus Maskell, W.M. 1891. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species from New Zealand, Australia, and Fiji. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 23: 1-36 [dated 1890] [12] [illustration].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, NZAC, Australia.

  Type host:

   Pittosporum undulatum Venten. [PITTOSPORACEAE]
• Parlatoria dryandrae Fuller, C. 1897. Some Coccidae of Western Australia. Journal of Western Australia Bureau of Agriculture 4: 1344-1346 [1344] [also described as Parlatoria dryandrae in Fuller, C. 1899. Notes and descriptions of some species of Western Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1899: 435–473 [467-468] (illustration)].

  Secondary source:

   Fuller, C. 1899. Notes and descriptions of some species of Western Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1899: 435-473.
• Parlatoria petrophilae Fuller, C. 1899. Notes and descriptions of some species of Western Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1899: 435-473 [468].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

NEW SOUTH WALES: Norova; Sydney; Taree; Wellington; West Maitland; QUEENSLAND: Warwick; SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Adelaide; nr Adelaide; VICTORIA: nr Melbourne; Myriong; WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Albany; Freemantle; Perth; nr Perth; Swan River.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

• South Africa

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Victoria: SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal
• New Zealand

Nearctic Region

• United States of America

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Dracaena draco (L.) L. [AGAVACEAE] Canary Islands Dragon Tree; Nuytsia floribunda (Labill.) R.Br. ex G.Don [LORANTHACEAE] Christmas Tree; Melaleuca sp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-tree; Banksia sp. [PROTEACEAE]; Dryandra floribunda R.Br. [PROTEACEAE]; Dryandra sp. [PROTEACEAE]; Hakea ilicifolia R.Br. [PROTEACEAE]; Hakea sp. [PROTEACEAE]; Haworthia sp. [LILIACEAE]; Leucadendron sp. [PROTEACEAE]; Macrozamia corallipes Hook.f. [ZAMIACEAE]; Mimosa sp. [MIMOSACEAE]; Myrtus communis L. [MYRTACEAE]; Myrtus sp. [MYRTACEAE]; Petrophile linearis R.Br. [PROTEACEAE]; Pimelea linifolia Sm. [THYMELAEACEAE]; Pinus halepensis Mill. [PINACEAE]; Pinus insignis Loudon [PINACEAE]; Pinus taeda L. [PINACEAE]; Pittosporum sp. [PITTOSPORACEAE]; Pittosporum sp. [PITTOSPORACEAE]; Pittosporum undulatum Vent. [PITTOSPORACEAE]; Pyrus malus L. [ROSACEAE]; Viburnum sp. [CAPRIFOLIACEAE]; Viburnum tinus L. [CAPRIFOLIACEAE]; Xanthorrhoea sp. [XANTHORRHOEACEAE]; Viburnum tinus L. [LAURACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Haworthia sp. given as Haworthia neilu but name not found in IPNI.

 

General References

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 [320] (as Parlatoria petrophilae; Parlatoria myrtus [319]; Parlatoria dryandrae [319]; and Parlatoria pittospori [320])

Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 599-610 [601] (as Parlatoria dryandrae (description); Parlatoria myrtus [601]; Parlatoria petrophilae [601] (description); and Parlatoria pittospori [602-603] (description))

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. [252-253] (as Parlatoria pittospori)

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 [6] (as Parlatoria myrtus and as Parlatoria pittospori)

Maskell, W.M. 1896. Further coccid notes, with descriptions of new species and discussions of questions of interest. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 28: 380-411 [dated 1895] [386] (as Parlatoria myrtus)

McKenzie, H.L. 1945. A revision of Parlatoria and closely allied genera (Homoptera, Coccoidea, Diaspididae). Microentomology 10: 47-121 [71-72] (as Parlatoria pittospori; description; illustration)

Morrison, H. 1939. Taxonomy of some scale insects of the genus Parlatoria encountered in plant quarantine inspection work. Miscellaneous Publication United States Department of Agriculture 344: 1-34 [20-22] (as Parlatoria pittospori (= P. myrtus Maskell, P. dryandrae Fuller); description; illustration)

 

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