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Ascelis praemollis Schrader, 1863 (Eriococcidae: Ascelis)

Ascelis praemollis Schrader 1863: 367. Type data: AUSTRALIA. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Berlin: Museum fur Naturkunde der Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin, Germany; accepted valid name Notes: Original photos of Schrader's type gall material are in the ZMHB and the ANIC, according to Weidner in personal communication to Gullan. Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female without legs or antennae; posterior end of body heavily sclerotized, forming a short cylinder in which the sclerotization extends entirely about the body without interruption and has its end invaginated. The external opening of this invagination seems to be closed by a dehiscent sclerotized cap which is connected by 3 internal, heavily sclerotized rods with the internal wall of the cylinder (Ferris, 1957b).
Structure: Female gall is round, green to dull yellow in color and grows singly or in groups of 2-3. First-instar female pale yellow, roundish, eyes small and black. Adult females of varying size, shapelessly round, wrinkled and pale yellow. First-instar males are with the first-instar females in the female gall, about 20-30 per gall and they remain long after the females have gone. First-instar males are pink to salmon red. Adult male is crimson to reddish brown (Froggatt, 1894).
General Remarks: An illustration of an adult female is given by Ferris (1957b). Detailed description by Froggatt (1894).