Valid Names Results

Albastaspis nitida (Maskell, 1892) (Diaspididae: Albastaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chionaspis nitida Maskell 1892: 15-16. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Melbourne, on Daviesia corymbosa, by Mr. French; Adelaide, on Daviesia corymbosa, by Mr. Tepper. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; Orange: Agricultural Scientific Collections Unit, Orange Agricultural Institute, NSW, Australia; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Trichomytilus nitida (Maskell, 1892); Lindinger 1933a: 165. change of combination
• Phenacaspis nitida (Maskell, 1892); Ferris 1955d: 51. change of combination
• Pseudaulacaspis nitida (Maskell, 1892); Takagi 1985: 48. change of combination
• Albastaspis nitida (Maskell, 1892); Wei, Normark, & Normark 2026: 28. change of combination

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: Lectotype designated in Wei, et al. (2026): 1 adult female, “Australia, on Daviesia corymbosa. Sent by Mr. French from Melbourne, and by Mr. Tepper from Adelaide” (Maskell 1892: 15). Handwritten slide label: “Chionaspis / nitida / adult female / (Australia) / 1891 W.M.M.” Barcode label: NZAC02054140 (ANIC). Paralectotypes, all with same data as lectotype: 2 adult females on 1 slide, “Chionaspis / nitida / Mask. / Australia / Mask. Coll. No. 208” (USNM);

  Albastaspis nitida can be distinguished from other species of Albastaspis by the absence of L2 and the presence of a row of dorsal submarginal macroducts on abdominal segment VI. (Wei, Normark & Normark, 2026)

• Structure: Female scale silvery-white and shining, elongate, smooth, slightly convex, sides somewhat parallel. Exuviae terminal, larval exuviae bright yellow, 2nd exuviae greyish. Male scale silvery white, elongate, parallel sided, slightly convex, with an inconspicuous longitudinal median groove. Exuviae bright yellow. Adult female golden brown, elongate, abdomen ending in 2 small floriated lobes with a median depression, margin crenulated, with a few small spines (Maskell, 1892). Froggatt (1914) describes the male scale as much smaller than that of female, with exuviae reddish brown. Redescription in Wei, Normark & Normark: Adult female not pupillarial. Scale cover “silvery-white and shining, elongated, smooth, slightly convex, the sides … somewhat parallel”, exuviae terminal, first exuviae bright yellow, second exuviae greyish (Maskell 1892: 15). Slide-mounted adult female (n = 9) 1150–1410 μm long, 700–860 μm wide, broadest at metathorax and abdominal segment I. Body outline elongate-oval, derm membranous except for pygidium. (Wei, Normark & Normark, 2026)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Maskell (1892). Detailed redescription and illustration in Wei, Normark & Normark (2026).

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