Valid Names Results
Platycoelostoma compressum (Maskell, 1892) (Callipappidae: Platycoelostoma)Nomenclatural History
- Coelostoma compressum Maskell 1892: 45. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: Reefton district, in bark layers of Podocarpus totara; collected by Mr. Raithby.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Morale1991,55). Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Coelostomidia compressa (Maskell, 1892); Cockerell 1902q: 258. change of combination
- Platycoelostoma compressa (Maskell, 1892); Morrison & Morrison 1923: 35. change of combination
- Platycoelostoma compressum (Maskell, 1892); Williams 2011: 67. emendation that is justified
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 2
- Cupressaceae
- Libocedrus | Butche1987
- Libocedrus bidwillii | Morale1991
- Podocarpaceae
- Podocarpus totara | Maskel1892 Morale1991
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- New Zealand
- North Island | Maskel1892 Morale1991
- South Island | Morale1991
Keys
Remarks
- Structure: Adult female red, elongated, convex, segmented, active; excreting at gestation a quantity of white or pinkish cotton, covering the dorsum, and forming an ovisac behind it; this cotton frequently takes the form of curly laminations; length 0.2 - 0.3 inch (Maskell, 1892).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of nymph and adult female by Maskell (1892), Morrison & Morrison (1923), Morrison (1928) and by Morales (1991).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov2005a: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 40
- BugajNJuKa2021: distribution, host, list, 292
- Cocker1902q: distribution, taxonomy, 258
- DeitzTo1980: taxonomy, 50
- Fernal1903b: 30
- Foldi2001a: taxonomy, 213
- Gavril2018: illustration, 123
- GullanSj2001: taxonomy, 257-278
- Lindin1932f: taxonomy, 198
- Maskel1892: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 45-49
- Morale1991: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 53-55,114-117
- Morris1928: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 89-91,223
- MorrisMo1922: taxonomy, 10
- MorrisMo1923: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 35-38
- Willia2011: taxonomy, 67