Valid Names Results

Greeniella casuarinae Hardy & Williams, 2018 (Diaspididae: Greeniella)

Nomenclatural History

• Greeniella casuarinae Hardy & Williams 2018: 23. Type data: NEW CALEDONIA: near Yaté Dam, on Casuarina sp., 9/03/1963, by S.W. Brown. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

Remarks

• Systematics: http://zoobank.org/E2FCD996-4725-45DB-8996-F7DE71F58504 The adult female of G. casuarinae is unique in having six short, sub-triangular, bifid caudal projections. (Hardy & Williams, 2018)
• Structure: Adult female presumed pupillarial. Body broadest at anterior abdominal segments; body outline circular, with slight constriction at head. Pygidium truncate, without dorsal macroducts, typical lobes, or plates; with six projections, each subtriangular, slightly bifid at apex. Anus circular, in posterior half of pygidium. Venter with vulva in posterior half, at level of anus. Perivulvar pores absent. Microducts scattered along posterior margin. (Hardy & Williams, 2018)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hardy & Williams, 2018.

Illustrations

Citations