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NSF PEET grant DEB-0118718

Our PEET (Partnership for Enchancing Expertise in Taxonomy) grant has expired in September 2007.

Publications resulting from research supported by the PEET grant

Submitted

• Kondo, T. and Gullan, P.J. Taxonomic review of the lac insect genus Paratachardina Balachowsky (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Kerriidae), with a revised key to genera of Kerriidae and description of two new species. Zootaxa [submitted July 2007]
• Williams, D.J. and Gullan, P.J. A revision of the Neotropical scale insect genus Protortonia Townsend (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Monophlebidae: Llaveiini). Journal of Natural History [submitted August 2007]

In press

• Hardy, N.B., Gullan, P.J. Opisthoscelis nigra Froggatt (Eriococcidae) is an armoured scale (Diaspididae). Proceedings of the XI International Symposium of Scale Insect Studies, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Gullan, P.J. and Kondo, T. The morphology of lac insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Kerriidae). Proceedings of the XI International Symposium of Scale Insect Studies, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Kondo, T. and Williams, D.J. Neotype designation and redescription of Toumeyella liriodendri (Gmelin) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae). Journal of Insect Science.
• Schroer, S., Pemberton, R.W., Cook, L.G., Kondo, T. and Gullan, P.J. The genetic diversity, relationships, and potential for biological control of the lobate lac scale, Paratachardina pseudolobata Kondo & Gullan (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Kerriidae. Biological Control.
• Unruh, C.M. and Gullan, P.J. Identification guide to species in the scale insect tribe Iceryini (Coccoidea: Monophlebidae). Zootaxa.
• Unruh, C.M. A revision of Crypticerya (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Monophlebidae) species in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Zootaxa.
• Hardy, N.B., Gullan, P.J., Henderson, R.C. and Cook, L.G. Relationships among scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae) of southern beech, Nothofagus (Nothofagaceae), with the first descriptions of Australian species of the Nothofagus-feeding genus Madarococcus Hoy. Invertebrate Systematics [in press].
• Kondo, T. & Hardy, N.B. Synonymy of Etiennea Matile-Ferrero with Hemilecanium Newstead (Hemiptera: Coccidae), based on morphology of adult females, adult males and first-instar nymphs, and description of a new species from Okinawa, Japan. Entomological Science [in press].

Published

2008

• Hardy, N.B. and Gullan, P.J. (2008) Case number 3424. Pseudococcini Cockerell, 1905 (insecta, Hemiptera): proposed precedence over Sphaerococcini Cockerell, 1899. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 64(1): 1–3.
• Hardy, N.B., Gullan, P.J. & Hodgson, C.J. (2008) A subfamily-level classification of mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) based on integrated molecular and morphological data. Systematic Entomology 33: 51–71.
• Kondo, T. and Gullan, P.J. (2008) Synonymy of Plotococcus Miller & Denno with Leptococcus Reyne, and description of a new species from Colombia (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). Neotropical Entomology 37: 51–57.
• Unruh, C.M. and Gullan P. J. (2008) Molecular data reveal convergent reproductive strategies in iceryine scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Monophlebidae), allowing re-interpretation of morphology and a revised generic classification. Systematic Entomology 33: 8–50.
• Williams, D.J. and Gullan, P.J. (2008) A revision of the Neotropical scale insect genus Protortonia Townsend (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Monophlebidae: Llaveiini). Journal of Natural History 42: 77–128.

2007

• Culik, M.P., Martins, D.S., Ventura, J.A., Peronti, A.L.B.G., Gullan, P.J. and Kondo, T. (2007) Coccidae, Pseudococcidae, Ortheziidae, and Monophlebidae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Espérito Santo, Brazil. Biota Neotropica 7(3): 61–65.
• Gullan, P.J. and Cook, L.G. (2007) Phylogeny and higher classification of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea). In Zhang, Z.-Q. & Shear, W.A. (Eds) Linnaeus Tercentenary: Progress in Invertebrate Taxonomy. Zootaxa, 1668: 413–425.
• Kondo, T. and Gullan, P.J. (2007) Taxonomic review of the lac insect genus Paratachardina Balachowsky (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Kerriidae), with a revised key to genera of Kerriidae and description of two new species. Zootaxa 1617: 1–41.
• Hardy, N.B. A new mealybug species (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) from the ant-plant Hydnophytum (Rubiaceae) in Fiji. Fiji Arthropods In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Bickel, D.J. (eds). Fiji Arthropods IX. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 94: 35–40.
• Hardy, N.B. & Gullan, P.J. A new species of Phacelococcus Miller (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae) on Bursaria (Pittosporaceae). The Australian Entomologist 34: 85–91.
• Gruwell, M. E., Morse, G. E. and Normark. B. B. (2007) Phylogenetic congruence of armored scale insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) and their primary endosymbionts from the phylum Bacteroidetes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: 267–280.
• Hardy, N.B. (2007) Phylogenetic utility of dynamin and triose phosphate isomerase. Systematic Entomology 32: 396–403. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2007.00377.x
• Hardy, N.B. and Gullan, P.J. (2007) A new genus and four new species of felt scales on Eucalyptus (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae) in southeastern Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology 46: 106–120.
• Kondo, T. (2007) Taxonomy of Toumeyella lomagundiae Hall and T. obunca De Lotto, and their transfer to Hallicoccus gen. nov. (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae). Zootaxa 1415: 22–33.
• Unruh, C.M. and Gullan, P.J. (2007) Hypogeal margarodids of the genus Heteromargarodes Jakubski (Coccoidea: Margarodidae) from the western United States. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 109: 166–181.

2006

• Booth, J.M. and Gullan, P.J. (2006) Synonymy of three pestiferous Matsucoccus scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Matsucoccidae) based on morphological and molecular evidence. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 108: 749–760.
• Gwiazdowski, R. A., Van Driesche, R. G., Desnoyers, A., Lyon, S., Wu, S., Kamata, N. and Normark. B. B. (2006) Possible geographic origin of beech scale, Cryptococcus fagisuga (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae), an invasive pest in North America. Biological Control 39: 9–18.
• Kondo, T. (2006) A new African soft scale genus, Pseudocribrolecanium gen. nov. (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae), erected for two species, including the citrus pest P. andersoni (Newstead) comb. nov. Journal of Insect Science 6.01: 1–16. available online: insectscience.org/6.01
• Kondo, T., Hardy, N., Cook, L. and Gullan, P. (2006) Descriptions of two new genera and species of Eriococcidae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) from southern South America. Zootaxa 1349: 19–36.
• Morse, G.E. and Normark, B.B. (2006) A molecular phylogenetic study of armoured scale insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) Systematic Entomology 31: 338–349, doi: 10.1111/j.1365–3113.2005.00316.x
• Williams, D.J., Gullan, P.J., Englberger, K. and Moore, A. (2006) Report on the scale insect Icerya imperatae Rao (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Margarodidae) seriously infesting grasses in the Republic of Palau. Micronesica 38: 267–272.

2005

• Downie, D.A. and Gullan, P.J. (2005) Phylogenetic congruence of mealybugs and their primary endosymbionts. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 18: 315–324.
• Gruwell, M.E., von Dohlen, C.D., Patch, K. and Normark, B.B. (2005) Preliminary PCR survey of bacteria associated with scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea). Proceedings of the X International Symposium of Scale insect Studies, Adana, Turkey, 19th–23rd April 2004. pp. 101–116.
• Kondo, T. and Gullan, P.J. (2005) A new lac insect from Colombia, with revised keys to lac insect genera and to species of Austrotachardiella Chamberlin (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Kerriidae). Neotropical Entomology 34: 401–407.
• Kondo, T., Gullan, P.J., Ventura, J.A. and Culik, M. (2005) Taxonomy and biology of the mealybug genus Plotococcus Miller & Denno (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Brazil, with descriptions of two new species. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 40: 213–227.
• Kondo, T. and Williams, M.L. (2005) Description of a new pest species of Hemilecanium Newstead (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on mango from Thailand, and a key to species of the genus. Zootaxa 1045: 25–37.
• Kondo, T., Williams, M.L. and Gullan, P.J. (2005) Redescription of Octolecanium perconvexum (Cockerell), new genus and new combination, with description of new species from Guatemala (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae). TIP Revista Especializada en Ciencias Químico–Biolôgicas 8: 5–11.
• Kondo, T., M.L. Williams, and P.J. Gullan. (2005) Taxonomic review of the genus Xenolecanium Takahashi and description of the new genus Takahashilecanium Kondo (Hemiptera: Coccidae; Coccinae, Paralecaniini). Entomological Science 8: 109–120.
• Provencher, L.M., Morse, G.E., Weeks, A.R. and Normark, B.B. (2005) Parthenogenesis in the Aspidiotus nerii complex (Hemiptera: Diaspididae): a single origin of a worldwide, polyphagous lineage associated with Cardinium bacteria. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 98: 629–635.

2004

• Downie, D.A. and Gullan, P.J. (2004) Phylogenetic analysis of mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) based on DNA sequences from three nuclear genes, and a review of the higher classification. Systematic Entomology 29: 238–260. doi: 10.1111/j.0307–6970.2004.00241.x
• Kondo, T. and Gullan, P.J. (2004) A new species of ant-tended soft scale of the genus Cryptostigma Ferris (Hemiptera: Coccidae) associated with bamboo in Peru. Neotropical Entomology 33: 717–723.
• Kondo, T., P.J. Gullan, and D.R. Miller. (2004) A new hypogeal species of Oregmopyga Hoy (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae) from southern California, U.S.A., and a key to species of the genus. Zootaxa 784: 1–12.
• Normark, B.B. (2004) The strange case of the armoured scale insect and its bacteriome. Public Library of Science -- Biology 2: 298–301.