Valid Names Results
Greeniella acaciae (Froggatt, 1914) (Diaspididae: Greeniella)Nomenclatural History
- Gymnaspis acaciae Froggatt 1914: 604. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Bourke, Pera Bore, on Acacia pendula, by W.W. Froggatt. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Orange: Agricultural Scientific Collections Unit, Orange Agricultural Institute, NSW, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: There is 1 drymount topotypic specimen in ANIC from a different host (Gullan, personal communication, January 23, 2001). Illustr.
- Aonidia acaciae (Froggatt, 1914); Lindinger 1937: 179. change of combination
- Greeniella acaciae (Froggatt, 1914); Normark, et al. 2019: 61. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Fabaceae
- Acacia pendula | Frogga1914
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Australia
- New South Wales | Frogga1914
Keys
- MacGil1921: pp.256 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Gymnaspis] Key as: Gymnaspis acaciae
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale reddish brown, convex, but not as conical as in G. perpusilla, broader at base. Some scales are covered with a thin incrustation of white secretion. Adult female almost circular, whole surface chitinous, dull yellow and finely striated on the abdominal segments (Froggatt, 1914).
Illustrations
Citations
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 208
- Frogga1914: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 604
- Frogga1915: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 32
- Lindin1937: taxonomy, 179
- MacGil1921: distribution, host, taxonomy, 256
- NormarOkMo2019: phylogeny, taxonomy, 61
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 217
