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Poliaspis ceraflora Hardy & Henderson, 2011 (Diaspididae: Poliaspis)

Poliaspis ceraflora Hardy & Henderson 2011: 13-15. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Western Australia, Perth [-31.95, 115.86], on Chamelaucium uncinatum, 7/?/1989, by J. Donaldson. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: 5 adult females from Western Australia with the same data as holotype (QDPI); 6 adult females: Perth City Council Nursery, ex Melaleuca sp., 8/?/1973 (ANIC). Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

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

Systematics: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:1C15AF8B-51E2-4C01-B689-1 D43E4598E3F (Hardy & Henderson, 2011)
This is the only species of Poliaspis with non-zygotic median lobes. The two pairs of minute gland spines are also distinctive, although P. callitris Laing shares the character of possessing only two pairs of small gland spines. (Hardy & Henderson, 2011)
Structure: Slide-mounted adult female body outline pyriform, thoracic and abdominal lobes weakly produced (undulate). Pygidium with 2 pairs of lobes; median lobes non-zygotic (separate), each lobe with rounded apex; margin between median lobes not incised; second lobe bi-lobed, lateral lobule minute, medial lobule with small basal sclerosis. (Hardy & Henderson, 2011)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hardy & Henderson, 2011.

HardyHe2011: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 13-15