Subspecies Pulvinaria flavicans flavicans Maskell, 1889

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• Pulvinaria flavicans Maskell, W.M. 1889. On some new South Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 11: 101-111 [dated 1888] [103].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NZAC ♀, AUSTRALIA: South Australia.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Qin, T.K. & Gullan, P.J. 1992. A revision of the Australian pulvinariine soft scales (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccidae). Journal of Natural History 26: 103-164 [125].
• Pulvinaria tecta 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 [79].
• Pulvinaria contexta Froggatt, W.W. 1915. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects ('Coccidae') of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 26: 411-423, 511-516, 603-615, 754-764, 1055-1064 [413].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Qin, T.K. & Gullan, P.J. 1992. A revision of the Australian pulvinariine soft scales (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccidae). Journal of Natural History 26: 103-164 [122] (synonymy of Pulvinaria contexta Froggatt, 1915; synonymy of Pulvinaria tecta Maskell, 1894)

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

Common Name References

Naumann, I.D., Ingram, R.J. & Floyd, R. 2002. Australian Insect Common Names, based on CSIRO Handbook of Australian Insect Names. 6th edn 1993. http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/. (Cottony Flavicans Scale)

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