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Species Parlatoria pittospori Maskell, 1891

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, 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 (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, 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)

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)

 

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 05-Jun-2024 MODIFIED Dr Vivian Sandoval (ABRS)
05-Jun-2024 DIASPIDIDAE 29-May-2023 MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018 COCCOIDEA 05-Jun-2024 MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018 DIASPIDIDAE 05-Jun-2024 MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018 05-Jun-2024 MODIFIED
21-Nov-2012 05-Jun-2024 MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012 05-Jun-2024 MODIFIED
05-Jun-2024 MODIFIED