Valid Names Results

Aspidiotus arrawatta Normark, Normark and Gullan, 2022 (Diaspididae: Aspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

• Aspidiotus nerii; Rugman-Jones, et al. 2010. misidentification
• Aspidiotus nerii sp. B or B2 Andersen, et al., 2010. unavailable name that is placed
• Aspidiotus ud0043 Schneider, et al., 2018: 291-303. unavailable name that is placed
• Aspidiotus arrawatta Normark, Normark and Gullan 2022: 147. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, 15 km NW Bonshaw, (-28.924°, 151.200°), on undetermined mistletoe sp., 06/01/2007, by B. B. Normark and J.C. Andersen. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: 8 adult females, same data as holotype: 3 in ANIC (D2102A, D2102D, D2102C); 3 in UMEC (D2102B, D2102M, D2102N); 2 in USNM (D2102E, D2102F). Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• NormarNoGu2022: pp.161-162 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidiotus in Australia]

Remarks

• Systematics: https://zoobank.org/9198B5D3-7BE5-4ACC-A651-0026C72F3F41 GenBank accession numbers GQ325450, GU213891

  Aspidiotus arrawatta can be distinguished from the other members of the A. nerii complex by several characters: A. arrawatta has cicatrices on the dorsal submargin of abdominal segment III (absent in other species); prosoma sclerotised at full maturity (membranous in other species); and usually 3 marginal macroducts between the setae that mark abdominal segments IV and V (always 2 or fewer in other species). (Normark, et al., 2022.

• Structure: Found on both surfaces of leaves; dorsal scale cover white; exuviae subcentral, orange. On microscope slide: 1040–1300 μm long, 850–1160 μm wide, broadest at mesothorax. Body outline nearly circular, without indentations between any body segments. Prosoma sclerotised at full maturity (body length 1300 μm). Antenna simple, with one long seta. (Normark, et al., 2022)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Normark, et al., 2022.

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