Valid Names Results

Poliaspis elongata Brimblecombe, 1959 (Diaspididae: Poliaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Poliaspis elongata Brimblecombe 1959b: 403-405. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Tungun, on Leptospermum whitei, ?/09/1947. Holotype, female, Type depository: Brisbane: Queensland Museum, Queensland, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes T5796 and T5797 are in QMBA. Paratypes: 6 adult females: Queensland, Tugun [-28.14, 153.5], ex Leptospermum whitei, 9/30/1947, by 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: This species is close to Poliaspis attenuata, but differs in having the median lobes wider than long and each lobe practically of symmetrical shape (Brimblecombe, 1959b).
• Structure: Scales elongate and white. Exuviae dark orange in color. Adult female long and slender, membranous (Brimblecombe, 1959b). Slide-mounted adult female body outline linear, with margins of anterior abdominal segments distinctly lobed. Pygidium with 2 pairs of lobes; median lobes zygotic, each lobe wider than long, with rounded apex; margin between lobes not deeply incised; second lobe bi-lobed, lateral lobule small, medial lobule with strong basal sclerosis. (Hardy & Henderson, 2011)
• Biology: Insects occurring singly, lining the margin of leaves (Brimblecombe, 1959b).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Brimblecombe, 1959b).

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