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Eriococcus casuarinae (Maskell, 1893) (Eriococcidae: Eriococcus)

Gossyparia casuarinae Maskell 1893b: 227. Type data: AUSTRALIA: on Casuarina sp., 1892, by A. Koebele. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Eriococcus casuarinae (originally described in Gossyparia) is the senior homonym of Rhizococcus casuarinae=Eriococcus chalazgamarum. Illustr.
Nidularia casuarinae (Maskell, 1893); Lindinger 1933a: 108. change of combination
Eriococcus casuarinae (Maskell, 1893); Miller & Gimpel 2000: 156. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

Systematics: Lindinger (1933a) realized when he synonymized the genera Rhizococcus, Eriococcus and Gossyparia with Nidularia that the species Gossyparia casuarinae Maskell (1893b) and Rhizococcus casuarinae Maskell (1893b) would be homonyms. As the first reviser, he apparently proposed the replacement name Nidularia chalazgamarum for Rhizococcus casuarinae and maintained Nidularia casuarinae for what Maskell considered to be Gossyparia. This action is fairly obscure in the Lindinger (1933a) publication and Hoy (1963) incorrectly interpreted it as an invalid replacement name.
Structure: Adult females brown, varying from light to dark, elongate, convex, elliptical and resting on a cushion of grey cotton which leaves the insect almost entirely exposed. First-instar nymphs brown, flattish, elliptical (Maskell, 1893b).
General Remarks: Description and illustration by Maskell (1893b). Type information by Deitz & Tocker (1980).