Valid Names Results
Remotaspidiotus gidgei (Froggatt, 1914) (Diaspididae: Remotaspidiotus)Nomenclatural History
- Aspidiotus gidgei Froggatt 1914: 313. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Darling River, at Pera Bore, on Acacia cambagei.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; accepted valid name
- Aspidiotus gidgei; Froggatt 1915: 17. subsequent use Notes: Described again as "n. sp.".
- Remotaspidiotus gidgei (Froggatt, 1914); Borchsenius 1966: 245. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Fabaceae
- Acacia cambagei | Frogga1914
- Acacia stenophylla | Laing1929
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Australia
- New South Wales | Frogga1914
- Victoria | Laing1929
Keys
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale almost circular, very convex; diameter 1/35 inch; outer surface greyish brown, but when the secretion peels off it is almost white; exuviae light yellow, circular, and sometimes slightly depressed in the centre (Froggatt, 1914).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Froggatt (1914) and by Laing (1929).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 739
- Borchs1966: catalog, 245
- Ferris1941e: taxonomy, 43
- Ferris1943a: taxonomy, 99
- Frogga1914: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 313
- Frogga1915: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 17
- Laing1929: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 21-22
- Sassce1915: distribution, host, taxonomy, 34
