Valid Names Results
Poliaspis naamba Hardy & Henderson, 2011 (Diaspididae: Poliaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Poliaspis naamba Hardy & Henderson 2011: 21-23. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Nambour [-26.63, 152.96], on Melaleuca sp., 2/4/2005, by C. Freebaim. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Brisbane: Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: 2 adult females: Queensland, Brisbane, Bray Park, [-27.3, 152.98], ex Melaleuca sp., 3/6/2005, C Freebaim (QDPI); 3 adult females: Cooloola National Park [-26.1,153.04], on leaves and stems of Monotoca scoparia, 7.4.1987, J Donaldson (QDPI); Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 3 | Genera: 3
- Ericaceae
- Monotoca scoparia | HardyHe2011
- Myrtaceae
- Melaleuca | HardyHe2011
- Melaleuca bracteata | HardyHe2011
- Melaleuca nodosa | HardyHe2011
- Sapindaceae
- Guioa semiglauca | HardyHe2011
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Australia
- Queensland | HardyHe2011
Keys
- HardyHe2011: pp.4-6 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Poliaspis (excluding P. intermedia, and P. casuarinicola)]
Remarks
- Systematics: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4B995A20-0F3B-47C9-97EB-9 7CC3B0B52DC (Hardy & Henderson, 2011)
P. naamba is very similar to P. waibenensis. P. naamba adult females can be distinguished from those of P. waibenensis by (1) lacking a strong duct spur between the medial and second lobes (present in P. waibenensis); (2) having pores associated with the posterior spiracles (lacking in P. waibenensis); and (3) with prepygidial margin of abdomen only weakly lobed (strongly lobed in P. waibenensis). The two species also have different host associations, with P. naamba almost always collected from Melaleuca species, and P. waibenensis from mangrove plants. (Hardy & Henderson, 2011)
- Structure: Slide-mounted adult female body outline fusiform to pyriform, with weakly-developed lobes on prepygidial abdominal segments. Pygidium with 2 pairs of lobes; median lobes zygotic, divergent, lobes connected via strong sclerosis, each lobe wider than long, with rounded, dentate apex; margin between lobes incised; second lobe bi-lobed, medial lobule larger and with stronger basal sclerosis. (Hardy & Henderson, 2011)
- General Remarks: Detailed description in Hardy & Henderson, 2011.
Illustrations
Citations
- HardyHe2011: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 21-23
