Species Unaspis assimilis (Maskell, 1889)

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Regional Maps

• Chionaspis assimilis Maskell, W.M. 1889. On some new South Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 11: 101-111 [dated 1888] [102-103] [illustration].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, NZAC dry material only, SA.

  Type host:

   Eucalyptus sp. [MYRTACEAE]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

California (quarantine from Australia).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Nullarbor (NUL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Eucalyptus sp. [MYRTACEAE] Gum Tree).

 

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 [214] (as Chionaspis assimilis)

Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia (Part I). Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 983-989 [986] (as Chionaspis assimilis; description)

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 [9] (as Chionaspis assimilis)

 

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	29-May-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