Valid Names Results

Icerya australis Maskell, 1894 (Monophlebidae: Icerya)

Nomenclatural History

• Icerya rosae australis Maskell 1894b: 101. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Sydney, on Hakea gibbosa; collected by Froggatt.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (UnruhGu2008b,77). Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: Unruh & Gullan (2008b) discussed the type locality and their selection of the lectotype. Illustr.
• Icerya (Crypticerya) australis Maskell, 1894; Cockerell 1896b: 323. change of combination and rank
• Palaeococcus australis (Maskell, 1894); Cockerell 1902q: 233. change of combination
• Auloicerya australis (Maskell, 1894); Morrison & Morrison 1923: 22. change of combination
• Paleococcus australis; Morrison & Morrison 1923: 22. misspelling of genus name
• Icerya australis Maskell, 1894; Unruh & Gullan 2008: 41. revived combination (previously published)
• Crypticerya australis (Maskell, 1894); Gavrilov 2018: 175. change of combination Notes: Gavrilov-Zimin rejected the genetic basis for separation of genera. Based on his morphological definition of genera, he reassigned several species within this family.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• UnruhGu2008b: pp.72-73 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Icerya]

Remarks

• Structure: Adult female subglobular or very slightly elliptical, the ventral surface flat, the dorsum very convex; colour a deep rich brown, almost black, with a row of yellow spots on the margin and another row of similar spots midway (Maskell, 1894b). External appearance of the adult female illustrated by Froggatt (1921b).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Morrison & Morrison (1923) and by Morrison (1928). Partial illustration of adult male by Morrison & Morrison (1923).

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