Dooley, J.W., & Evans, G.A. 2012 A new genus and species of armored scale insect (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) from Australia found in the historic Koebele Collection of the California Academy of Sciences. Insecta Mundi 0218: 1-14

Notes: Albert Koebele was sent by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to Australia around the year 1900 to search for natural enemies of various species of exotic scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) that had become pests in California (Boardman 1977). In the process of collecting natural enemies, he also collected many specimens of scale insects (Weathers and Lawton 1982). The senior author examined Koebele’s collection of armored scales at the California Academy of Sciences Collection in San Francisco, California (CASC). Upon examination of specimens processed and slide mounted from the dried specimens in the collection, a new genus and species of armored scale insects was discovered and is here described.

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