Species Cylindrococcus spiniferus Maskell, 1892
Casuarina Gall
- Cylindrococcus spiniferus Maskell, W.M. 1892. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species, and remarks on coccids from New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 24: 1-64 [dated 1891] [43].
- Cylindrococcus gracilis Fuller, C. 1897. Some Coccidae of Western Australia. Journal of Western Australia Bureau of Agriculture 4: 1344-1346 [1346(10)] [nom. nud., see Morrison, H. & Renk, A.V. 1957. A selected bibliography of the Coccoidea. Miscellaneous Publication United States Department of Agriculture 734: 1–222 (57); This "description" states "87. C. gracilis n.sp. A species which may perhaps be regarded as a variety of C. spiniferus." This does not constitute a description of the species.].
Compiled from secondary source:
Morrison, H. & Renk, A.V. 1957. A selected bibliography of the Coccoidea. Miscellaneous Publication United States Department of Agriculture 734: 1-222. - Cylindrococcus gracilis Fuller, C. 1899. XIV. Notes and descriptions of some species of Western Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1899: 435-473 [451].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Gullan, P.J. 1984. A revision of the gall-forming coccoid genus Cylindrococcus Maskell (Homoptera: Eriococcidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 677-690 [684] (synonymy of Cylindrococcus gracilis Fuller, 1899)
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder.
GENERAL
Treated in detail by Gullan, P.J. 1984. A revision of the gall-forming coccoid genus Cylindrococcus Maskell (Homoptera: Eriococcidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 677–690 including descriptions of adult females and female galls.
BIOLOGY
A generation is thought to take more than a single year. There is considerable variation in gall form and this could be caused by the differences in male and female plants of the Allocasuarina host (see Gullan, P.J. 1984. A revision of the gall-forming coccoid genus Cylindrococcus Maskell (Homoptera: Eriococcidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 677–690).
SYSTEMATICS
Slide-mounted adult female with: hind 2 pairs of legs represented by area of sclerotization, not forming large lobes; with conical setae on posterior part of dorsum; anal lobes represented by sclerotized plates (see Gullan, P.J. 1984. A revision of the gall-forming coccoid genus Cylindrococcus Maskell (Homoptera: Eriococcidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 677–690).
STRUCTURE
Adult female gall composed of 3–6 imbricating whorls of leaf-like bracts, each whorl composed of 5–8 bracts; additional whorls of smaller bracts surrounding base and, if present, stalk of gall (see Gullan, P.J. 1984. A revision of the gall-forming coccoid genus Cylindrococcus Maskell (Homoptera: Eriococcidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 677–690).
General References
Froggatt, W.W. 1898. The growth of vegetable galls. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 9: 385-391, 488-499 [498] (Cylindrococcus spiniferous: described female; misspelling of species name)
Common Name References
Hockings, F.D. 1980. Friends and Foes of Australian Gardens (including pests, diseases, parasites and predators). Sydney : Reed, in association with the Society for Growing Australian Plants 151 pp. (Casuarina Gall)