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Maskellia globosa Fuller, 1897 (Diaspididae: Maskellia)

Nomenclatural History

• Maskellia globosa Fuller 1897: 579. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Western Australia, Swan River, in galls formed on Eucalyptus gomphocephala.. Syntypes, female, accepted valid name Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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• Structure: This species induces the formation of galls on twigs of Eucalyptus gomphocephala in Western Australia, which were described by Fuller (1897) as follows: "The female galls are green and red or brown, according to their age, and are formed upon the young twigs, great numbers usually growing side by side, producing an uneven, aborted growth. The apex of each gall is conical, and the orifice small. When formed singly the galls are uneven, globose excrescences, somewhat longer than high. Height, 0.18 inch; width, 0.23 inch. Female chamber-contour pyriform; diameter, 0.08 inch. Adult male, unobserved. Male galls, small, elongated, striated longitudinally, green formed upon leaves; length 0.12 inch. The galls protrude upon the opposite side of the leaf, the orifice being at the base instead at the apex." (Fuller, 1897).
• Biology: Forms galls on twigs of Eucalyptus gomphocephala in Western Australia (Fuller, 1897).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female and of galls by Fuller (1897). Fuller (1897) noted that in 1895 he has collected Diaspididae that formed galls on an unnamed plant in New South Wales, which might be similar to Maskellia globosa.

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