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Species Berlesaspis spinifera (Maskell, 1894)

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Species Berlesaspis spinifera (Maskell, 1894)

  • Mytilaspis spinifera Maskell, W.M. 1894. Further coccid notes with descriptions of several new species and discussion of various points of interest. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 26: 65-105 [69-70] [illustration].
    Type data:
     Status unknown, NZAC, Urana, NSW.
    Type host:
     Acacia pendula A.Cunn. ex G.Don [MIMOSACEAE]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

NEW SOUTH WALES: Urana; QUEENSLAND: Boonah; Chinchilla; Goondiwindi; Lake Broadwater; Marmor; Rockhampton.


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: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Acacia harpophylla F.Muell. ex Benth. [MIMOSACEAE]; Acacia pendula A.Cunn. ex G.Don [MIMOSACEAE]; Acacia sp. [MIMOSACEAE]).

 

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 [683-684] (as Mytilaspis spinifera; description; illustration)

Laing, F. 1929. Report on Australian Coccidae. Bulletin of Entomological Research 20: 15-37 [36-37] (as Berlesaspis spinifera; description; illustration)

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

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 [8] (as Mytilaspis spinifera)