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Species Chrysomphalus dictyospermi (Morgan, 1889)

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Species Chrysomphalus dictyospermi (Morgan, 1889)

  • Aspidiotus dictyospermi Morgan, A.C.F. 1889. Observations of Coccidae (No. 5). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 25: 349-353 [352-323] [illustration].
    Type data:
     Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Demearara.
    Type host:
     Dictyospermum album (Bory) H. Wendl. & Drude ex Scheff. [MELASTOMATACEAE]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

QUEENSLAND: Alberton; Ayr; Badu Is.; Bamaga; Botanic Gardens [Brisbane]; Brisbane; Bundaberg; Cairns; Cardwell; Cleveland; Cooloola Nat. Pk; Crediton S.F. Eungella; Darnley Is.; Ebbw Vale; Finch Hatton; Gadgarra; Giru; Inala; Indooroopilly; Ingham; Kenmore; Kowanyama; Mabuiag Is.; Maleny; Mareeba; Mermaid Beach; Moa Is.; Moggill; Mt Elliott; Nambour; Northgate; Ormiston; Palmerston Hwy; Palmwoods; Petrie; Pialba; Pullenvale; Sunnybank; Surfers Paradise; Thornlands; Weipa; Wide Bay; Wynnum; Vanrook Stn; Yandina; Yarwum; South Pacific; West Indies.


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

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Federated States of Micronesia
  • Indonesia
    • Irian Jaya
  • Papua New Guinea

Nearctic Region

  • Mexico
  • United States of America

Neotropical Region

  • Brazil
  • Cuba
  • Guyana
  • Mexico

Oriental Region

  • China (People's Republic)

Palaearctic Region

  • Japan

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Acacia suaveolens (Sm.) Willd. [MIMOSACEAE]; Agonis flexuosa (Willd.) Sweet [MYRTACEAE]; Aloe ciliaris Haw. [ALOACEAE]; Alpinia caerulea (R.Br.) Benth. [ZINGIBERACEAE]; Amyema congenera (Sieber ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Tiegh. [LORANTHACEAE]; Archontophoenix cunninghamiana H.Wendl. & Drude [ARECACEAE]; Callistemon sp. [MYRTACEAE]; Calophyllum inophyllum L. [CLUSIACEAE]; Camellia japonica L. [THEACEAE]; Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze [THEACEAE]; Chrysalidocarpus lutescens H. Wendl. [ARECACEAE]; Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck [RUTACEAE] orange; Citrus sp. [RUTACEAE]; Cocos nucifera L. [ARECACEAE]; Cycas sp. [CYCADACEAE]; Cymbidium sp. [ORCHIDACEAE]; Daphne sp. [THYMELAEACEAE]; Daviesia ulicifolia Andrews [FABACEAE]; Decaisnina brittenii (Blakely) Barlow [LORANTHACEAE]; Dendrobium aemulum R.Br. [ORCHIDACEAE]; Dendrobium bigibbum Lindl. & Paxton [ORCHIDACEAE]; Elaeodendron sp. [CELASTRACEAE]; Endiandra palmerstoni (Bailey) C.T.White & W.D.Francis [LAURACEAE]; Hedera sp. [ARALIACEAE]; Kentia sp. [ARECACEAE]; Laccospadix australasica H.Wendl. & Drude [ARECACEAE]; Lophostemon suaveolens (Sol. Ex Gaertn.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh. [MYRTACEAE]; Mangifera indica L. [ANACARDIACEAE]; Melaleuca linariifolia Sm. [MYRTACEAE]; Microcitrus sp. [RUTACEAE]; Nerium oleander L. [APOCYNACEAE]; Persea americana Miller [LAURACEAE]; Phoenix sp. [ARECACEAE]; Phormium tenax J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. [PHORMIACEAE]; Prostanthera phylicifolia F.Muell. [LAMIACEAE]; Pyrus communis L. [ROSACEAE]; Randia fitzalanii (F.Muell.) Benth. [RUBIACEAE]; Schefflera actinophylla (Endl.) Harms [ARALIACEAE]; Strelitzia reginae Aiton. [STRELITZIACEAE]; Lophostemon confertus (R.Br.) Peter G. Wilson & J.T. Waterh. [MYRTACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Cycadaceae, Arecaceae.

 

General References

Beardsley, J.W. 1966. Insects of Micronesia. Homoptera: Coccoidea. Insects of Micronesia 6: 377-562 [516] (as Chrysomphalus dictyospermi)

Brimblecombe, A.R. 1962. Studies of the Coccoidea. 12. Species occurring on deciduous fruit and nut trees in Queensland. Queensland Journal of Agricultural Science 19: 219-229 [220] (as Chrysomphalus dictyospermi)

Brimblecombe, A.R. 1962. Studies of the Coccoidea. 13. The genera Aonidiella, Chrysomphalus and Quadraspidiotus in Queensland. Queensland Journal of Agricultural Science 19: 403-423 [412-414] (as Chrysomphalus dictyospermi; illustration)

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 [289-290] (as Chrysomphalus dictyospermi)

Houser, J.S. 1918. The Coccidae of Cuba. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 11: 157-172 [168-169] (as Chrysomphalus dictyospermi)

Kuwana, I. 1933. The diaspine Coccidae of Japan, VII. Scientific Bulletin of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Japan, Tokyo 3: 1-42 [31-32] (as Chrysomphalus dictyospermi; description; illustration)

MacGillivray, A.D. 1921. The Coccidae. Tables for the identification of the subfamilies and some of the more important genera and species together with discussions of their anatomy and life history. Urbana, Illinois : Scarab Company vi 502 pp. [416] (as Chrysomphalus dictyospermi)

Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W. 1988. The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Part 1. The armoured scales (Diaspididae). London : CAB International Institute of Entomology 290 pp. [94-97] (as Chrysomphalus dictyospermi; description; illustration)