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

Poliaspis nalbo Hardy & Henderson 2011: 23-25. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Maleny [-26.76, 152.85], in flower heads of Cryptandra scortechinii 9/?/1987, by D. Hockings. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: 4 adult females: same data as holotype (QDPI). Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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:393A0E21-FA95-4361-8242-CACB6473FEC1 (Hardy & Henderson, 2011)
P. nalbo can be recognized easily by (1) the large, rounded, parallel median lobes; (2) the extra gland spines on the margin of abdominal segments 5 and 6; (3) the cluster of gland tubercles present on the ventral surface of the head (also present in P. narungga); (4) the absence of microducts from the dorsal surface of the head. (Hardy & Henderson, 2011)
Structure: Slide-mounted adult female body outline elongate oval, margin of thorax and pre-pygidial abdominal segments undulate. Pygidium with 2 pairs of lobes; median lobes large, zygotic, parallel, lobes connected via sclerotic strap, each lobe wider than long, rounded, with dentate apex; margin between lobes incised; second lobe not bi-lobed. (Hardy & Henderson, 2011)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hardy & Henderson, 2011.

HardyHe2011: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 23-25