Valid Names Results

Alecanopsis filicum (Maskell, 1894) (Coccidae: Alecanopsis)

Nomenclatural History

Lecanopsis filicum Maskell 1894b: 225. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Kurrajong Heights, near Richmond, on Doodia aspera.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Hodgso1994a,111). Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name
Alecanopsis filicum (Maskell, 1894); Cockerell & Parrott 1901: 58. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Blechnaceae

Blechnum neohollandicum | Fernal1903b Hodgso1994a Maskel1894b | (= Doodia aspera)

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Australia | Hodgso1994a

New South Wales | Fernal1903b Frogga1915

Keys

Remarks

Biology: Lives on roots of the host plant (Maskell, 1894a).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Morrison & Morrison (1922) and by Hodgson (1994a).

Illustrations

Citations

BenDov1993: catalog, 9
Cocker1896b: distribution, 333
CockerPa1901: taxonomy, 58
DeitzTo1980: taxonomy, 28
Fernal1903b: catalog, 211
Frogga1915: distribution, host, taxonomy, 755
Hodgso1994a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 108-111
LinGuCo2010: host plants, 90-98
Maskel1894a: distribution, host, taxonomy, 225-226
Maskel1895a: distribution, 17
MorrisMo1922: taxonomy, 83-85