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Poliaspis brunyensis Wei, Normark & Normark, 2026 (Diaspididae: Poliaspis)

Poliaspis brunyensis Wei, Normark & Normark 2026: 80. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Tasmania (43.37°S, 147.332°E), on Exocarpos cupressiformis, 01.25/2007; by BB Normark. Holotype, female, by present designation Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: Paratype. 1 adult female (D2002B) (UMEC): Australia, Tasmania, Bruny Island, NW Corner of Cloudy Bay lagoon (43.42°S, 147.20°E), on Exocarpos cupressiformis, 01/23/2007; by BB Normark. Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: ZooBank: https://zoobank.org/1CCBCC9C-F3DF-48A2-82D4-9E1F12E3313A
Poliaspis brunyensis is most similar to Poliaspis chamelaucium, but differs in the following characters: well-developed gland spine present on each abdominal segment (gland spines absent or poorly developed in P. chamelaucium); dorsal submedial macroducts on abdominal segment VI forming a dense cluster of 10–13 ducts (forming a loose cluster of 3–7 ducts in P. chamelaucium); L1 joined by a sclerotized yoke, without acute projections between L1 (space between L1 without a yoke but with acute sclerotized projections in P. chamelaucium). (Wei, Normark & Normark, 2026)
Structure: Adult female not pupillarial. Appearance in life not recorded. Slide-mounted adult female (n = 2) 1300–1370 μm long (holotype 1300 μm), 640–720 μm wide (holotype 640 μm). Body outline fusiform or elongate, derm membranous except for sclerotized areas of pygidium (Wei, Normark & Normark, 2026)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Wei, Normark & Normark, 2026.

WeiNoNo2026: DNA, description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 33, 80-83