Valid Names Results

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

Nomenclatural History

• Albastaspis kamberra Wei, Normark & Normark 2026: 68. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Australian Capital Territory, Murrays Rd walking track, car park (35.1297°S, 150.7552°E), on Casuarina glauca, 08/13/2005; by LG Cook. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; accepted valid name 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: Albastaspis kamberra is most similar to A. australis but differs in having L1 coarsely serrate (L1 entire in A. australis). A. kamberra also resembles A. maskellalba, but differs in having L3 present and bilobulate (L3 absent in A. maskellalba). (Wei, Normark & Normark, 2026)
• Structure: Adult female not pupillarial. Appearance in life not recorded. Slide-mounted adult female (n=1) 1380 μm long, 600 μm wide. Body outline near fusiform, quite slender with the sides of the body roughly parallel, derm membranous except for pygidium. (Wei, Normark & Normark, 2026)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Wei, Normark & Normark, 2026.

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