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Species Adiscofiorinia expansa (Maskell, 1895)

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Species Adiscofiorinia expansa (Maskell, 1895)

  • Fiorinia expansa Maskell, W.M. 1895. Further coccid notes: with description of new species from New Zealand, Australia, Sandwich Islands, and elsewhere, and remarks upon many species already reported. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 27: 36-75 [51] [illustration].
    Type data:
     Status unknown, NZAC, Bankstown, NSW.
    Type host:
     Melaleuca linariifolia Sm. [MYRTACEAE]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Ballina, Bankstown, Hawkesbury, Richmond.


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

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Melaleuca linariifolia Sm. [MYRTACEAE]; Melaleuca sp. [MYRTACEAE]).

 

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 [246] (as Fiorinia expansa)

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 [983] (as Fiorinia expansa; description)

Leonardi, G. 1906. Generi e specie di diaspiti. Saggio di sistematica delle fioriniae. Redia. Giornale di entomologia, Firenze 3: 16-65 [59] (as Fiorinia expansa)

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 [11] (as Fiorinia expansa)

Maskell, W.M. 1896. Further coccid notes, with descriptions of new species and discussions of questions of interest. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 28: 380-411 [dated 1895] [391] (as Fiorinia expansa)