Icerya purchasi

Icerya purchasi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coccoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Sternorrhyncha
Superfamilia: Coccoidea

Familia: Monophlebidae
Genus: Icerya
Species: Icerya purchasi

Name

Type data

  • Lectotype, designated by Morales (1991: 56): NZAC
    • Type kind: female
    • Type locality: Auckland, New Zealand AK [not Australia, as stated in error by Morales (1991: 56)]
    • Type host: Acacia ornata
    • Paralectotypes (6 slides): CMNZ, NZAC

References

Primary references

  • Maskell, W.M. 1879: On some Coccidae in New Zealand. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 11(2): 187–228, plates V-VIII. BHL Reference page.  p. 221 BHL

Additional references

References

Vernacular names

  • Deutsch: Australische Wollschildlaus
  • English: cottony cushion scale