Valid Names Results

Albastaspis bunubunuensis Wei, Normark, & Normark, 2026 (Diaspididae: Albastaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Albastaspis bunubunuensis Wei, Normark, & Normark 2026: 27. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Carrolls Creek (28.8393° S, 152.0953° E), on Allocasuarina littoralis, 06/02/2007, by JC Andersen & B. B. Normark. Holotype, female, Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: 1 adult female (D2116A) (UMEC), 1 adult female (D2116B) (USNM), same data as holotype. Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WeiNoNo2026: pp.30-36 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Fioriniina in Australia]

Remarks

• Systematics: GenBank accession numbers KY219543 (D2116A), KY219544 (D2116B), and the small ribosomal subunit (16S) of the primary endosymbiont (Uzinura diaspidicola), KY220399 (D2116B).
• Structure: Adult female with linear scale cover. Slide-mounted adult female 1000–1500 μm long , 400–430 μm wide . Body outline elongate-oval, widest at abdominal segment I or II. Derm remaining membranous, except on pygidium.
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Wei, Normark & Normark, 2026.

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