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Lachnodius

Lachnodius is a genus of eriococcid scales, or felt scale insects, in the family Eriococcidae. There are at least 10 described species in Lachnodius, found in Australia.

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Lachnodius
Lachnodius sealakeensis, Victoria, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Eriococcidae
Genus: Lachnodius
Maskell, 1896
Lachnodius lectularius, Victoria, Australia source ↗

Lachnodius is a genus of eriococcid scales, or felt scale insects, in the family Eriococcidae. There are at least 10 described species in Lachnodius, found in Australia.123

Species

These species belong to the genus Lachnodius:3

  • Lachnodius brimblecombei Beardsley, Gullan & Hardy, 2019
  • Lachnodius eucalypti (Maskell, 1892)
  • Lachnodius froggatti Beardsley, Gullan & Hardy, 2019
  • Lachnodius hirsutus (Froggatt, 1921)
  • Lachnodius lectularius Maskell, 1896
  • Lachnodius maculosus Beardsley, Gullan & Hardy, 2019
  • Lachnodius melliodorae Beardsley, Gullan & Hardy, 2019
  • Lachnodius newi Beardsley, Gullan & Hardy, 2019
  • Lachnodius parathrix Beardsley, Gullan & Hardy, 2019
  • Lachnodius sealakeensis Gullan & Hardy, 2019
References

References

  1. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2019-01-22.
  2. "Lachnodius". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
  3. Hardy, Nate B.; Beardsley, John W.; Gullan, Penny J. (2019). "A revision of Lachnodius Maskell (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Eriococcidae)". ZooKeys (818). Pensoft Publishers: 43–88. Bibcode:2019ZooK..818...43H. doi:10.3897/zookeys.818.32061. PMC 6349806. PMID 30700966.
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