Valid Names Results

Antonina australis Froggatt, 1904 (Pseudococcidae: Antonina)

Nomenclatural History

• Antonina australis Froggatt 1904: 407. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, on Cyperus rotundus. Syntypes, female, accepted valid name Notes: Type material probably lost (Williams, 1985).
• Antonina australis Green 1904c: 463. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Hunter River Flats, on Cyperus rotundus. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Willia1985,69). Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; synonym and homonym (discovered by Willia1985, 69). Replacement name for Chaetococcus australis Froggatt Illustr.
• Antonina purpurea australis Froggatt, 1904; Tryon 1915: 72. change of combination
• Kuwanina hilli Laing 1925: 55. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Homehill, on Onion-weed, Cyperus rotundus. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Willia1985,69). Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by Brimbl1966, 5).
• Antonina (Chaetococcus) australis Froggatt, 1904; Goux 1935a: 96. change of combination
• Kuwanina australis (Froggatt, 1904); Brimblecombe 1966: 5. change of combination Notes: Brimblecombe (1966) assigned hilli as a junior synonym of Antonina australis and incorrectly placed the species in the genus Kuwanina. With this exception and the catalogue of Hoy (1963), this species has always been considered a pseudococcid.
• Chaetococcus australis (Froggatt, 1904); Ben-Dov 1994: 75. change of combination
• Antonina australis Froggatt, 1904; Hendricks & Kosztarab 1999: 97. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WanWu2016: pp.12 ( First instar ) [Known species of Antonina]
• WuLuNa2012: pp.36 ( First instar ) [Key to species of genus Antonina based on the morphology of first-instar nymphs]
• HendriKo1999: pp.97 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
• Willia1985: pp.69 ( Adult (F) ) [Australia]
• YangKo1967: pp.11 ( Immature (F) ) [World]

Remarks

• Biology: Develops on the roots of the host plant, and reported to cause decline and death of the plants (Froggatt, 1904).
• Economic Importance: Froggatt (1904) reported from New South Wales, Australia, that this mealybug caused the decline and death of plants of Cyperus rotundus, a weed of economic significance in Australia. He also reported on attempts to introduce the coccid into other areas for the purpose of controlling the weed. Attempts to introduce the coccid to Queensland were stopped, as it was suspected that the coccid might become a pest of cultivated crops.
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Green (1904c), Laing (1925a), Yang & Kosztarab (1967) and by Williams (1985). Good description and illustration of the first-instar nymph given by Yang & Kosztarab (1967).

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