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Maskellia nigra (Froggatt, 1898) (Diaspididae: Maskellia)

Opisthoscelis nigra Froggatt 1898: 376-378. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South walse, ex dry twig gall, collected W.W. Froggatt [this data given by Hardy & Gullan, 2008a]; AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Sydney, on Eucalyptus, by W.W. Froggatt [this data given by Froggatt, 1898].. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (HardyGu2008a,60). Type depository: Orange: Agricultural Scientific Collections Unit, Orange Agricultural Institute, NSW, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: Five galls, from which one female was mounted by Gullan, are deposited in BMNH. Type depository information provided by Gullan (personal communication, June 10, 1996). Illustr.
Maskellia nigra (Froggatt, 1898); Hardy & Gullan 2008a: 60. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Maskellia nigra has been originally described as Opisthoscelis nigra in the Eriococcidae (Froggatt, 1898). Hardy & Gullan (2008a) concluded that this species was a diaspidid and assigened it to the genus Maskellia.
Structure: Gall with slender spur-shaped projection arising from globular stem swelling. Height 11.7-16.0 mm measured from bottom of stem; length of spur 6.9-11.6 mm; base of spur 1.6-3.5 mm wide; length of stem affected by gall 10.6-22.4 mm; orifice 0.1-0.5 mm in diameter (Hardy & Gullan, 2008a).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female and gall of the adult female by Hardy & Gullan (2008a). Description and illustration of male and female adults, first-instar nymph and galls by Froggatt (1898).