Valid Names Results
Frenchia casuarinae Maskell, 1892 (Asterolecaniidae: Frenchia)Nomenclatural History
- Frenchia casuarinae Maskell 1892: 57. Type data: AUSTRALIA: on Casuarina sp.. Lectotype, female, by original designation (LambdiKo1981,115). Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 2
- Casuarinaceae
- Allocasuarina verticillata | GullanMiCo2005 LambdiKo1981 | (= Casuarina quadrivalvis)
- Casuarina | Maskel1892
- Casuarina equisetifolia | LambdiKo1981 Maskel1892
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Australia | Maskel1892
- Australian Capital Territory | LambdiKo1981
- South Australia | LambdiKo1981
- Tasmania | LambdiKo1981
- Victoria | GullanMiCo2005
Keys
- XuNiWu2022: pp.410 ( Adult (F) ) [Asterolecaniidae that induce galls]
Remarks
- Structure: Photograph of mature gall of female by Gullan et al. (2004). Single galls occur on small twigs, while multiple galls, housing two or three insects are found on larger twigs (Gullan et al., 2005).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female, second-instar female nymph and first-instar female nymph described and illustrated by Lambdin & Kosztarab (1981).
Illustrations
Citations
- DeitzTo1980: taxonomy, 25
- Fernal1903b: 39
- GullanCo2007: taxonomy, 413-425
- GullanMiCo2005: distribution, host, structure, taxonomy, 163,173-178
- Koteja1974b: taxonomy, 83
- LambdiKo1981: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 115-121
- Maskel1892: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 57-60
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 204
- XuNiWu2022: key, 410
