Valid Names Results

Brimblecombia asperata (Brimblecombe, 1959) (Diaspididae: Brimblecombia)

Ancepaspis asperata Brimblecombe 1959b: 385-386. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Tungun, on Casuarina littoralis, ?/05/1953. Holotype, female, Type depository: Brisbane: Queensland Museum, Queensland, Australia; accepted valid name Illustr.
Brimblecombia asperata (Brimblecombe, 1959); Normark, et al. 2019: 60. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: This species resembles Ancepaspis edentata but differs in not having on the pygidium the anterior arched ridge and in having the longitudinal furrows and bands in the precaudal region. There are some resemblances in pygidial characters to B. longicauda but in the latter species the cauda is longer, the sclerotized deposition is reticulate and there are no marginal indentations. In addition, B. longicauda is more elongate in shape and the posterior spiracles are without associated pores (Brimblecombe, 1959b).
Structure: Adult female membranous, globular. The apical margin of the cauda may have symmetrically placed indentations. In some specimens the cauda may be narrowly crescentic, in other specimens it may be almost quadrate (Brimblecombe, 1959b).
Biology: Insects mostly single under rough pieces of bark or in forks of small branches (Brimblecombe, 1959b).