Valid Names Results
Poliaspis nitens Fuller, 1897 (Diaspididae: Poliaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Poliaspis nitens Fuller 1897b: 5. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Western Australia, Swan River, on Daviesia sp.. Syntypes, female, accepted valid name Notes: Types presumed lost.
- Trichomytilus nitens (Fuller, 1897); Lindinger 1933a: 165. change of combination
- Poliaspis nitens Fuller, 1897; Hardy & Henderson 2011: 27. revived combination (previously published)
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 3
- Fabaceae
- Daviesia | Fuller1897b
- Gastrolobium | HardyHe2011
- Santalaceae
- Exocarpos cupressiformis | HardyHe2011
- Exocarpos strictus | HardyHe2011
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Australia
- Victoria | HardyHe2011
- Western Australia | Frogga1914 Fuller1897b
Keys
- HardyHe2011: pp.4-6 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Poliaspis (excluding P. intermedia, and P. casuarinicola)]
Remarks
- Systematics: Poliaspis nitens differs from P. exocarpi in having only 7 groups of spinnerets; 6 arranged in 3 pairs, the 7th median and before the anterior laterals (Fuller, 1897b).
- Structure: Female scale pyriform, broad, convex, generally straight. Exuviae light, reddish-yellow, 2nd lighter than the 1st, remainder of scale pure silvery white. Adult female yellow, elongate (Fuller, 1899).
- General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Fuller (1899). Redescription and illustration in Hardy & Henderson, 2011.
Illustrations
Citations
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 134
- Fernal1903b: distribution, host, taxonomy, 244
- Frogga1914: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 878
- Frogga1915: distribution, host, taxonomy, 50
- Fuller1897b: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 5
- Fuller1899: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 470
- HardyHe2011: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 27-28
- Lindin1933a: taxonomy, 165
- MacGil1921: distribution, host, taxonomy, 357
- MorrisMo1922: taxonomy, 88
