Lachnodius
| Lachnodius | |
|---|---|
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| Lachnodius sealakeensis, Victoria, Australia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Eriococcidae |
| Genus: | Maskell, 1896 |

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.[1][2][3]
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
- ^ "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2019-01-22.
- ^ "Lachnodius". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
- ^ a b 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.
Further reading
- Hardy, Nate B.; Beardsley, John W.; Gullan, Penny J. (2011). "Uncovering diversity of Australian Eucalyptus-constrained felt scales (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae)". Systematic Entomology. 36 (3): 497–528. Bibcode:2011SysEn..36..497H. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00577.x. S2CID 85681945.
