Valid Names Results
Lecanodiaspis melaleucae (Fuller, 1897) (Lecanodiaspididae: Lecanodiaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Prosopophora melaleucae Fuller 1897b: 1345. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Northern Australia, Swan River, on Melaleuca leucadendron. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (HowellKo1972,76). Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes:
- Prosopophora melaleucae; Fuller 1897c: 7. subsequent use Notes: Described again as "n. sp.".
- Lecaniodiaspis melaleucae (Fuller, 1897); Fuller 1899: 455. change of combination Notes: Mis-spelling of genus name.
- Lecaniodiaspis melaleucae (Fuller, 1897); Fernald 1903b: 55. change of combination Notes: Misspelling of genus name.
- Lecanodiaspis melaleucae (Fuller, 1897); Howell & Kosztarab 1972: 76. emendation that is justified Notes: Correct spelling of genus name.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Myrtaceae
- Melaleuca | HowellKo1972
- Melaleuca lanceolata | HowellKo1972
- Melaleuca leucadendra | Fernal1903b Frogga1915 Fuller1897b HowellKo1972
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Australia
- South Australia | HowellKo1972
- Western Australia | Fernal1903b Frogga1915 Fuller1897b HowellKo1972
Keys
- HowellLaKo1973: pp.35 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of eucalypti group]
- HowellKo1972: pp.27 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
- WilliaKo1970: pp.14 ( First instar ) [World]
Remarks
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Howell & Kosztarab (1972). Description and illustration of first-instar nymph by Williams & Kosztarab (1970).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov2006b: catalog, taxonomy, 334-335
- Cocker1899a: taxonomy, 392
- Fernal1903b: 55
- Frogga1915: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 763
- Frogga1921a: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 56, 57
- Fuller1897c: distribution, host, taxonomy, 7
- Fuller1899: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 455-456
- HowellKo1972: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 76-80
- HowellLaKo1973: taxonomy, 35
- WilliaKo1970: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 14, 56-59
