Valid Names Results

Parlatoria banksiae (Maskell, 1896) (Diaspididae: Parlatoria)

Nomenclatural History

• Mytilaspis banksiae Maskell 1896b: 388-389. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Victoria, near Melbourne, on Banksia integrifolia, by Mr. French. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (DeitzTo1980,333). Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: Lectotype on original slide labeled "Mytilaspis/banksiae/adult female/1895 W.M.M. and "LECTOTYPE/Mytilaspis/banksiae/Maskell, 1896/ desig. Deitz & Tocker 1979" (Deitz & Tocker, 1980). Illustr.
• Lepidosaphes banksiae (Maskell, 1896); Fernald 1903b: 305. change of combination
• Parlatoria (Euparlatoria) Banksiae (Maskell, 1896); Leonardi 1904a: 21. change of combination
• Syngenaspis banksiae (Maskell, 1896); MacGillivray 1921: 249. change of combination
• Triaspidis banksiae (Maskell, 1896); MacGillivray 1921: 277. change of combination
• Parlatoria banksiae (Maskell, 1896); Morrison 1939a: 6. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• McKenz1952: pp.14 ( ) [Revised key to species of Parlatoria]
• McKenz1945: pp.78 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Parlatoria]
• Morris1939a: pp.29 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Parlatoria]
• MacGil1921: pp.277 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Triaspidis] Key as: Triaspidis banksiae
• Cocker1899f: pp.14 ( Adult (F) ) [Australian species of Mytilaspis ] Key as: Mytilaspis banksiae

Remarks

• Systematics: There has been some odd confusion about this species. Maskell only described one species of banksiae and yet MacGillivray places the species in two different genera within the same publication and Borchsenius did the same. Parlatoria banksiae is closely allied to P. cinerea, differing however, in the apparently consistent absence of a marginal macroduct between the median lobes (McKenzie, 1945).
• Structure: Female scale 1.75 mm long and 1.25 mm wide, oval, moderately convex and of a general yellow brown color throughout, first exuviae somewhat darker. Male scale elongated oval, dirty gray with darker first exuviae. Slide mounted female 1.0 mm long, 0.9 mm wide (McKenzie, 1945).
• Biology: Parlatoria banksiae was collected "within full reach of the sea-spray" (Maskell, 1896b).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by McKenzie (1945).

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