Valid Names Results
Octaspidiotus australiensis (Kuwana, 1931) (Diaspididae: Octaspidiotus)Nomenclatural History
- Aspidiotus australiensis Kuwana 1931a: 652. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Thursday Island, on orchid.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Ibaraki-ken: Insect Taxonomy Laboratory, National Institute of Agricultural Environmental Sciences, Kannon-dai, Yatabe, Tsukuba-shi, (Kuwana), Japan; accepted valid name
- Octaspidiotus australiensis (Kuwana, 1931); Borchsenius 1966: 272. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 8 | Genera: 9
- Araucariaceae
- Araucaria hunsteinii | WilliaWa1988
- Menispermaceae
- Cocculus laurifolius | Takagi1984
- Moraceae
- Ficus | WilliaWa1988
- Orchidaceae
- Dendrobium nindii | Takagi1984 | (= Dendrobium tofftii)
- Dendrobium sanderae | Takagi1984
- Orchidaceae | KuwanaMu1931a WilliaWa1988
- Vanda | Takagi1984
- Pentaphylacaceae
- Eurya | Takagi1984
- Primulaceae
- Maesa chisia | Takagi1984
- Maesa macrophylla | Takagi1984
- Sapotaceae
- Sapotaceae | WilliaWa1988
- Symplocaceae
- Symplocos paniculata | Takagi1984 | (= Symplocos crataegoides)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 7
- Australia | Takagi1984
- Queensland | KuwanaMu1931a
- Hawaiian Islands
- Hawaii | Takagi1984
- India
- Uttar Pradesh | Takagi1984
- Nepal | Takagi1984
- Papua New Guinea | Takagi1984 WilliaWa1988
- Philippines | Takagi1984
- Solomon Islands | Takagi1984
Keys
- WeiZh2016: pp.87-88 ( Adult (F) ) [Octaspidiotus]
- Takagi1984: pp.14 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale circular, small; exuviae central; grayish in colour (Kuwana & Muramatsu, 1931a). Scale of adult female broadly oval to subcircular, flat, light brown with slightly darker central exuviae. Male scale similar to that of female, but smaller and more elongate (Williams & Watson, 1988).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Kuwana & Muramatsu (1931a), Takagi (1984) and by Williams & Watson (1988).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 686
- Borchs1966: catalog, 272
- Ferris1941e: taxonomy, 41
- KuwanaMu1931a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 652-653,658
- SchneiFiNo2019: key, taxonomy, 93
- Takagi1984: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 12-13,35,53,55,65
- Takagi1990c: structure, taxonomy, 59-60
- Varshn2002: distribution, host, 35
- WeiZh2016: key, 87-88
- WilliaWa1988: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 195-197
