Valid Names Results

Monophlebulus crawfordi (Maskell, 1889) (Monophlebidae: Monophlebulus)

Nomenclatural History

• Monophlebus crawfordi Maskell 1889: 108. Type data: AUSTRALIA: South Australia, host plant not indicated; collected by F.S. Crawford.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Monophlebulus crawfordi (Maskell, 1889); Morrison & Morrison 1923: 6. change of combination

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Ecological Associates

Foes:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MorrisMo1923: pp.18 ( Adult (F) ) [world]

Remarks

• Structure: Adult female brick-red in colour, with two broad longitudinal stripes of purple extending the whole length on the dorsal side and on the abdominal segments beneath. The body is slug-like, fat, and distinctly segmented with twelve divisions; somewhat convex above and flat beneath. The cephalic and thoracic region occupies half the length, so that the feet seem placed rather in a forward position, and the insect crawls slowly. There is a quantity of white, short, cotton covering the insect, and at gestation this is heaped in large masses containing the eggs (Maskell, 1889). External appearance of the adult female illustrated by Froggatt (1921b).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Maskell (1889, 1891, 1892), Froggatt (1921b), Morrison & Morrison (1923) and by Morrison (1928).

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