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Callipappus rubiginosus (Maskell, 1893) (Callipappidae: Callipappus)

Coelostoma rubiginosum Maskell 1893b: 242. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Victoria, Melbourne, on Banksia integrifolia; collected by Mr. French.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name
Callipappus rubiginosus (Maskell, 1893); Cockerell 1902q: 258. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Adult female dark reddish-brown in colour, but covered with great numbers of short, slender, semi-waxy filaments of lighter colour, the whole producing an effect like rusty iron. Body elongated, thick, much wrinkled but not distinctly segmented, and the margin shows as a ridge running round the insect. Length variable, from 0.3 inch to 0.6 inch (Maskell, 1893b).
Biology: The mature female produces 1000-2000 crawlers at the rate of 94-34 per day during 16 days. (Gullan & Brooks, 1998).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Maskell (1893b).