Valid Names Results

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

Nomenclatural History

• Poliaspis chamelaucium Wei, Normark & Normark 2026: 82. Type data: AUSTRALIA: [from a plant quarantine interception Honolulu 097308 / 88-09883], on.Chamelaucium spp. / 09/01/1987, by R. Onzuka and M. Ikawa. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WeiNoNo2026: pp.30-36 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Fioriniina in Australia]

Remarks

• Systematics: ZooBank: https://zoobank.org/297AD54A-F246-4468-AD96-00FFB9C64D4E

  Poliaspis chamelaucium is most similar to P. brunyensis. See the remarks under P. brunyensis for a comparison of the two species.

• Structure: Adult female not pupillarial. Appearance in life not recorded. Slide-mounted adult female (n = 17) 850–1005 (holotype 1005) μm long, 520–610 (holotype 600) μm wide. Body outline fusiform, body margin slightly indented between thoracic and prepygidial abdominal segments, derm membranous except for sclerotized areas of pygidium. (Wei, Normark & Normark, 2026)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Wei, N.ormark & Normark, 2026

Illustrations

Citations