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Species Albastaspis nivea (Maskell, 1895)

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Species Albastaspis nivea (Maskell, 1895)

  • Mytilaspis nivea 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 [46] [illustration].
    Type data:
     Status unknown, NZAC, Bankstown, NSW.
    Type host:
     Melaleuca nodosa (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Sm. [MYRTACEAE]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

NEW SOUTH WALES: Bankstown; QUEENSLAND: Brisbane, Carbrook, Nudgee, Tingalpa; VICTORIA: Grampians.


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, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • Queensland: NE coastal
    • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Calycothrix tetragona (Labill.) F.Muell. [MYRTACEAE]; Leptospermum sp. [MYRTACEAE]; Melaleuca linariifolia Sm. [MYRTACEAE]; Melaleuca nodosa (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Sm. [MYRTACEAE]; Melaleuca sp. [MYRTACEAE]).

 

Species Note

Type on M. linifolia not M. nodosa as stated in original description.

 

General References

Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 677-684 [681-682] (as Mytilaspis nivea; description)

Leonardi, G. 1898. Monografia del genre Mytilaspis. Rivista di Patologia Vegetale 6: 45-78 [46] (as Mytilaspis nivea)

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 [7] (as Mytilaspis nivea)