A new soft scale insect genus, Sterculicoccus Hodgson, gen. n., is introduced to take a new species, Sterculicoccus tafoensis Hodgson, sp. n., off Triplochiton from Ghana. Sterculicoccus belongs to the Myzolecaniinae and is close to Alecanium Morrison. In addition, a new species of Hemilecanium Newstead, H. cedrelus Hodgson, sp. n., is also described off Cedrela toona from Zambia. Hemilecanium ...

A new genus of Eriococcidae, Choneochiton Hodgson, is introduced to take a new species, Choneochiton casuarinae     Hodgson, Mille & Cazères, off Casuarina collina (Casuarinaceae) from New Caledonia.  All stages except the pupa and prepupa are described and illustrated.  The new species is thought to be endemic to New Caledonia.

Two new feather mite species of the genus Trouessartia Canestrini are described from laughingthrushes (Passeriformes: Leiothrichidae) captured in Meghalaya (India): Trouessartia cyanouropterae sp. n. from Actinodura cyanouroptera (Hodgson) and Trouessartia alcippeae sp. n. from Alcippe nipalensis (Hodgson). It is the first time when species of the genus Trouessartia are described from leiothric...

HONOURS PROJECTS 2012 (at September 29 2011) Labs/ Supervisor(s) Project Title: ON CAMPUS PROJECTS Venoms & Toxins Labs: Hodgson/Fry Konstantakopoulos/ Hodgson/Isbister  Molecular toxinology of Australia’s lesser known venomous snakes  Profiling Australian and Malaysian snake venoms to guide treatment strategies. VascularBiology & Immunopharmacology Labs: Drummond//Sobey/Lim Kemp-Harper/Drummond