Species Tanyscelis conica (Fuller, 1897)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Opisthoscelis conica Fuller, C. 1897. Some Coccidae of Western Australia. Journal of Western Australia Bureau of Agriculture 4: 1344-1346 [1346].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SAMA 3 galls of ♀, dry and empty (2 dissected open, third gall parasitised), on 2 leaves, Perth, WA.

Generic Combinations

• Tanyscelis conica (Fuller, 1897). —
  Hardy, N.B. & Gullan, P.J. 2010. Australian gall-inducing scale insects on Eucalyptus: revision of Opisthoscelis Schrader (Coccoidea, Eriococcidae) and descriptions of a new genus and nine new species. ZooKeys 58: 1–74 [32] (redescription)

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Jarrah Forest (JF), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

Structure

Slide-mounted adult female with: many fine, long, curved setae which are most abundant on head and posterior end of abdomen; antennae unsegmented; anterior legs absent; posterior legs very long (see Fuller 1899)

General

More detailed description by Fuller (1899). Rediscribed by Hardy & Gullan (2010).

History of changes