Valid Names Results

Poliaspis raouliae Henderson, 2011 (Diaspididae: Poliaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Poliaspis raouliae Henderson 2011: 153-158. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: Bay of Plenty, Pukeamaru, Karakatuwhero Valley, riverbed in shallows on Raoulia sp. stems, 3/3/1993, by J.S. Dugdale. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Hender2011: pp.129 ( ) [Key to Poliaspis adult females in combination with 1st-instar nymphs/exuvia in New Zealand]
• HardyHe2011: pp.4-6 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Poliaspis (excluding P. intermedia, and P. casuarinicola)]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale cover white, with terminal exuvia; colour of female body and eggs not recorded; male scales small, white, not coated in flocculent wax or carinated. (Henderson, 2011)
• Biology: The type series was in a riparian habitat, on stems of the host plant that were partly submerged at the edge of the riverbed. (Henderson, 2011)

Illustrations

Citations