Species Remotaspidiotus bossieae (Maskell, 1892)

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• Aspidiotus bossieae Maskell, W.M. 1892. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species, and remarks on coccids from New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 24: 1-64 [dated 1891] [10-11] [illustration].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Australia.

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Bossiaea prostrata R.Br. [FABACEAE] (unknown author); Bossiaea sp. [FABACEAE]).

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 [253] (as Aspidiotus bossieae)

Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 127-136 [133] (as Aspidiotus bossieae)

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. [386] (as Aspidiotus bossieae)

Maskell, W.M. 1880. Further notes on New Zealand Coccidae. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 12[1879]: 291-301 [296] (as Aspidiotus bossieae)

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 [2] (as Aspidiotus bossieae)

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