Species Remotaspidiotus gidgei (Froggatt, 1914)

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Regional Maps

• Aspidiotus gidgei Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 311- 319 [313].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Pera Bore, Darling River, NSW.

  Type host:

   Acacia cambagei F.Muell. ex R.T.Baker [MIMOSACEAE] (on foliage)

 

Generic Combinations

• Remotaspidiotus gidgei (Froggatt, 1914).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

NEW SOUTH WALES: Pera Bore Darling River; VICTORIA: Murray River near Hattah.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Acacia stenophylla A.Cunn. ex Benth. [FABACEAE] Dalby Myall; Acacia cambagei R.T.Baker [FABACEAE] Gidgee; Acacia sp. [FABACEAE] Wattle).

 

General References

Laing, F. 1929. Report on Australian Coccidae. Bulletin of Entomological Research 20: 15-37 [21] (as Aspidiotus gidgei)

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 gidgei)

 

History of changes

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	26-Jul-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