Valid Names Results
Pseudotargionia comata (Maskell, 1896) (Diaspididae: Pseudotargionia)Nomenclatural History
- Aspidiotus eucalypti comatus Maskell 1896b: 385. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Victoria, Melbourne, on Eucalyptus viminalis.. Lectotype, female and first instar, by subsequent designation (DeitzTo1980,35). Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Targionia eucalypti comatus (Maskell, 1896); Leonardi 1900: 311. change of combination
- Targionia eucalypti comata (Maskell, 1896); Leonardi 1900: 303. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender
- Aspidiotus comatus Maskell, 1896; Ferris 1941e: 42. change of combination and rank
- Pseudotargionia comatus (Maskell, 1896); Brimblecombe 1954: 153. change of combination
- Pseudotargionia comata (Ferris, 1941); Borchsenius 1966: 237. emendation that is justified
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Myrtaceae
- Eucalyptus viminalis | Leonar1900 Maskel1896b
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Australia
- Victoria | Leonar1900 Maskel1896b
Keys
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale circular, greyish-white, slightly convex. Male scale narrow, subelliptical, white, not carinated (Maskell, 1896b).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Brimblecombe (1954).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 729
- Borchs1966: catalog, 237-238
- Brimbl1954: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 153-154
- Cocker1897i: distribution, host, 26
- Cocker1899a: taxonomy, 395
- DeitzTo1980: taxonomy, 35
- Fernal1903b: 297
- Ferris1941e: taxonomy, 42
- Ferris1943a: taxonomy, 85
- GiraldWiDo2024: behavior, distribution, host, Dataset S4
- Leonar1900: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 311-312
- Maskel1896b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 385-386
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 222
