Species Unaspis assimilis (Maskell, 1889)

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Species Unaspis assimilis (Maskell, 1889)

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).

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- South Australia

Nearctic Region

United States of America
- California

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

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type
14-Dec-2022	DIASPIDIDAE	29-May-2023	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018	COCCOIDEA	29-May-2023	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018	DIASPIDIDAE	29-May-2023	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018		29-May-2023	MODIFIED
21-Nov-2012		29-May-2023	MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012		29-May-2023	MODIFIED
		29-May-2023	MODIFIED

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