Species Phenacaspis grandilobis (Maskell, 1894)

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• Mytilaspis grandilobis 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 [70-71] [illustration].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ANIC, nr Melbourne, VIC.

  Type host:

   Banksia sp. [PROTEACEAE]

 

Introduction

Examination is required to correctly place this species.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

QUEENSLAND: Tugun; VICTORIA: near Melbourne.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Banksia integrifolia L.f. [PROTEACEAE] Coast Banksia; Banksia sp. [PROTEACEAE]).

 

General References

Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 677-684 [678] (as Mytilaspis grandilobis; description)

Leonardi, G. 1898. Monografia del genre Mytilaspis. Rivista di Patologia Vegetale 6: 45-78 [46] (as Mytilaspis grandilobis)

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 [7] (as Mytilaspis grandilobis)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
14-Dec-2022	DIASPIDIDAE	24-Jul-2023	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018	COCCOIDEA	24-Jul-2023	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018	DIASPIDIDAE	24-Jul-2023	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018		24-Jul-2023	MODIFIED
21-Nov-2012		24-Jul-2023	MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012		24-Jul-2023	MODIFIED
		24-Jul-2023	MODIFIED