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Poliaspis casuarinicola Lindinger, 1943 (Diaspididae: Poliaspis)

Poliaspis casuarinae Lidgett 1898a: 14. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Victoria, Myrniong, on Casuarina suberosa. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; homonym through subsequent combination (discovered by Lindin1943a, 149). Notes: Poliaspis casuarinicola Lindinger (1943a) is a replacement name for Poliaspis casuarinae Lidgett (1898a) which is a junior secondary homonym of Poliaspis casuarinae Maskell 1893b (=Lepidosaphes casuarinae).
Poliaspis casuarinicola Lindinger 1943a: 149. replacement name Replacement name for Poliaspis casuarinae Lidgett 1898

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Lindinger (1943a) moved Mytilaspis casuarinae Maskell 1893b into the genus Poliaspis, creating a secondary homonym with Poliaspis casuarinae Lidgett 1898. Lindinger proposed the replacement name P. casuarinicola for the Lidgett species. Although the Maskell species was not kept in Poliaspis the replacement name casuarinicola must be considered valid under Article 59.2 of the ICZN. Borchsenius (1966) treated Poliaspis casuarinicola as an incertae sedis.
Structure: Female scale snowy white, tapering at one end; exuviae terminal, brown. Male scale dull white, similar in shape to that of female, very slightly if at all carinated; exuviae terminal, yellow. Adult female deeply segmented, elongate, abdomen ending in 2 lobes (Lidgett, 1898a).
General Remarks: Best description by Lidgett (1898a).