Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Berlesaspis spinosa (Fuller, 1899)

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Species Berlesaspis spinosa (Fuller, 1899)

  • Mytilaspis spinosa Fuller, C. 1899. Notes and descriptions of some species of Western Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1899: 435-473 [469] [illustration].
    Type data:
     Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Swan River, WA.
    Type host:
     Melaleuca sp. [MYRTACEAE]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Swan River; nr Perth.


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

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

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

 

General References

Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 875-882 [875] (as Mytilaspis spinosa; description)