Species Lachnodius lectularius Maskell, 1896
- Lachnodius lectularius Maskell, W.M. 1896. Further coccid notes, with descriptions of new species and discussions of questions of interest. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 28: 380-411 [dated 1895] [400].
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder.
GENERAL
Original description and illustration by Maskell, W.M. 1896. Further coccid notes, with descriptions of new species and discussions of questions of interest. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 28: 380–411 [dated 1895]; useful short description by Beardsley, J.W. 1982. On the taxonomy of the genus Pseudopsylla Froggatt, with a redescription of the type species (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 24: 31–35.
SYSTEMATICS
Slide-mounted adult female with: marginal fringe of setae slightly conical; antennae 7-segmented; legs well developed, tibia and tarsi with enlarged setae on inner margin; anal ring ventral, with pores and 10 to 15 setae; tubular ducts without cup-like structure; multilocular pores abundant over venter (see Beardsley, J.W. 1982. On the taxonomy of the genus Pseudopsylla Froggatt, with a redescription of the type species (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 24: 31–35).
STRUCTURE
Adult female dark red or reddish brown, elliptical, very convex, but distinctly segmented. Female of the second stage yellow or yellowish brown, elliptical, convex. First-instar nymphs are yellow, subcircular or broadly elliptical, slightly tapering posteriorly (see Maskell, W.M. 1896. Further coccid notes, with descriptions of new species and discussions of questions of interest. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 28: 380–411 [dated 1895]).