Valid Names Results

Cylindrococcus spiniferus Maskell, 1892 (Eriococcidae: Cylindrococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Cylindrococcus spiniferus Maskell 1892: 43, 44. Type data: AUSTRALIA: on Casuarina quadrivalvis, C. French. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Gullan1984a,688). Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: The label on the lectotype states "Cylindrococcus/spiniferus/abdominal/segments of/female/1891/W.M.M." Paralectotypes in NZAC and USNM. Illustr.
• Cylindrococcus gracilis Fuller 1897b: 1346(10). nomen nudum (discovered by MorrisRe1957, 57). Notes: This "description" states "87. C. gracilis n.sp. A species which may perhaps be regarded as a variety of C. spiniferus." This does not constitute a description of the species.
• Cylindrococcus spiniferous Maskell, 1892; Froggatt 1898a: 498. misspelling of species epithet
• Cylindrococcus gracilis Fuller 1899: 451-452. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Western Australia, Swan River, on Casuarina humilis (?). Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Gullan1984a,689). Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Gullan1984a, 684). Notes: The label on the lectotype is as follows: "Cylindrococcus gracilis Fuller, ms/Australia (Fuller)/TYPE Ckll. coll." Illustr.

Common Names

• casuarina gall Hockin1980

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Hodgso2020: pp.19-22 ( Adult (M) ) [Neococcoid higher taxa]

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: hind 2 pairs of legs represented by area of sclerotization, not forming large lobes; with conical setae on posterior part of dorsum; anal lobes represented by sclerotized plates (Gullan, 1984a).
• Structure: Adult female gall composed of 3-6 imbricating whorls of leaf-like bracts, each whorl composed of 5-8 bracts; additional whorls of smaller bracts surrounding base and, if present, stalk of gall (Gullan, 1984a). Gullan (1978) indicated that she found 2 types of setae on the legs of the male, one stouter than the other.
• Biology: A generation is thought to take more than a single year. There is considerable variation in gall form and this could be caused by the differences in male and female plants of the Allocasuarina host (Gullan, 1984a).
• General Remarks: Treated in detail by Gullan (1984a) including descriptions of adult females and female galls.

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