Valid Names Results
Ultracoelostoma brittini Morales, 1991 (Coelostomidiidae: Ultracoelostoma)Nomenclatural History
- Ultracoelostoma brittini Morales 1991: 49. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: South Island, Maruia, on Nothofagus menziesii; collected 18.12.1935 by G. Brittin.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Nothofagaceae
- Nothofagus fusca | Morale1991
- Nothofagus menziesii | Morale1991
- Nothofagus solandri | Morale1991
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- New Zealand
- South Island | Morale1991
Keys
Remarks
- Economic Importance: The honeydew secretion of this species, in the south island of New Zealand, is regarded an important food source for honeybees, Apis mellifera, and for the wasps Vespula germanica and V. vulgaris (Markwell et al., 1993; Airborne Honey, 2003).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of female, male and nymphs by Morales (1991).
Illustrations
Citations
- AirborHoLt1999: chemistry, distribution, economic importance, host,
- BallAr2007: molecular biology, molecular data, taxonomy, 1-14
- BeggsKaWa2005: biological control, distribution, host, 105-115
- BenDov2005a: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 42
- BugajNJuKa2021: distribution, host, list, 297
- CortesIgMo2024: honeydew, 2
- DunganBeWa2004: chemistry, distribution, economic importance, host, life history, 283-288
- Foldi2001a: taxonomy, 218
- KellyStHu1992: distribution, economic importance, host, life history, physiology, 69-75
- KondoGu2022: economic importance, 5
- MarkweKeDu1993: distribution, economic importance, host, life history, 85-93
- Morale1991: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 49-51, 103-109
- WardhaDi2006a: distribution, ecology, host, life history, 1-9
