Species Antonina australis Froggatt, 1904

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Regional Maps

• Antonina australis Froggatt, W.W. 1904. The nut grass coccid. (Antonina australis Green). Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 15: 407-410 [407].
• Antonina australis Green, E.E. 1904. Notes on Australian Coccidae, ex. coll. W.W. Froggatt, with descriptions of new species. No. I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 29: 462-465 [463].
• Kuwanina hilli Laing, F. 1925. Descriptions of some new genera and species of Coccidae. Bulletin of Entomological Research 16: 51-66 [55].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Brimblecombe, A.R. 1966. The occurrence of the genus Antonina (Homoptera: Coccoidea) in Queensland. Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 5: 5-6 [5] (synonymy of Kuwanina hilli Laing, 1925)
• Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. [69] (synonymy of Antonina australis Green, 1904)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Hendricks, H. & Kosztarab, M., 1999) [97] (female; world); (Williams, D.J., 1985) [69] (female; Australia); (Yang, S.P. & Kosztarab, M., 1967) [11] (larva; world)

BIOLOGY

Develops on the roots of the host plant, and reported to cause decline and death of the plants, see Froggatt, W.W. 1904. The nut grass coccid. (Antonina australis Green). Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 15: 407–410.

ECONOMIC AND CONTROL

Froggatt, W.W. 1904. The nut grass coccid. (Antonina australis Green). Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 15: 407–410 reported from New South Wales, Australia, that this mealybug caused the decline and death of plants of Cyperus rotundus, a weed of economic significance in Australia. He also reported on attempts to introduce the coccid into other areas for the purpose of controlling the weed. Attempts to introduce the coccid to Queensland were stopped, as it was suspected that the coccid might become a pest of cultivated crops.

GENERAL

Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Green, E.E. 1904. Notes on Australian Coccidae, ex. coll. W.W. Froggatt, with descriptions of new species. No. I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 29: 462–465, Laing, F. 1925. Descriptions of some new genera and species of Coccidae. Bulletin of Entomological Research 16: 51–66, Yang, S.P. & Kosztarab, M. 1967. A morphological and taxonomical study on the immature stages of Antonina and of the related genera (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Research Division Bulletin Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 3: 73 pp. and by Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp.. Good description and illustration of the first-instar nymph given by Yang, S.P. & Kosztarab, M. 1967. A morphological and taxonomical study on the immature stages of Antonina and of the related genera (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Research Division Bulletin Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 3: 73 pp..

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