Valid Names Results

Conifericoccus agathidis Brimblecombe, 1960 (Steingeliidae: Conifericoccus)

Nomenclatural History

Conifericoccus agathidis Brimblecombe 1960: 191. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Amamoor, on Agathis robusta, October 1959, F.M. Ball.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Brisbane: Queensland Museum, Queensland, Australia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

kauri coccid BrimblHe1965

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Araucariaceae

Agathis | BrimblHe1965 HeatheSc1966
Agathis robusta | Brimbl1960 BrimblHe1965

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Australia

Queensland | Brimbl1960 BrimblHe1965 HeatheSc1966

Keys

Remarks

Structure: The feeding of this margarodid induces formation of tiny pimplelike blister galls (Brimblecombe, 1960. Photograph of gall presented by Gullan et al. (2004).
Economic Importance: A serious pest, causing complete defoliation, of kauri pine, Agathis species, in Queensland, Australia (Brimblecombe & Heather, 1965; Heather & Schaumberg, 1966).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Brimblecombe (1960).

Illustrations

Citations

BenDov2005a: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 153
Brimbl1960: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 191-193
BrimblHe1965: distribution, economic importance, host, life history, 83-85
ElliotOhWy1998: distribution, economic importance, host,
Foldi2001a: taxonomy, 198
GullanMiCo2005: structure, taxonomy, 168-169,210-212
HeatheSc1966: distribution, economic importance, host, 12-19
KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 25