Valid Names Results

Poliaspis attenuata Brimblecombe, 1959 (Diaspididae: Poliaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Poliaspis attenuata Brimblecombe 1959b: 401-403. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Yarraman, on Croton insularis, ?/09/1948. Holotype, female, Type depository: Brisbane: Queensland Museum, Queensland, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: Paratype number T5799 is also in QMBA. Paratype: 1 adult female: Yarraman [-26.84, 151.98], ex Croton insularis, 9/1/1948, A Brimblecombe (QDPI). Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• HardyHe2011: pp.4-6 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Poliaspis (excluding P. intermedia, and P. casuarinicola)]

Remarks

• Systematics: Adult females of P. attenuata are most similar to those of P. elongata Brimblecombe. Both have elongate, linear bodies. P. attenuata females can be distinguished on the basis of the longer-than wide, divergent median lobes (wider than long in P. elongata, with rounded apices). (Hardy & Henderson, 2011)
• Structure: Scales linear and white. Covers dark orange in color. Adult female very long and slender, membranous (Brimblecombe, 1959b). Slide-mounted paratype female body outline linear, abdominal lobes weakly produced. Pygidium with 2 pairs of lobes; median lobes divergent, longer than wide, connected medially by narrow sclerotic strap, each lobe with dentate apex; margin between lobes incised; second lobe bi-lobed, medial lobule with basal sclerosis. (Hardy & Henderson, 2011)
• Biology: Insects occur singly, lining the leaf margin (Brimblecombe, 1959b).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Brimblecombe (1959b). Redescription in Hardy & Henderson, 2011)

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