Valid Names Results

Poliaspis salicornicola Henderson, 2011 (Diaspididae: Poliaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Poliaspis salicornicola Henderson 2011: 154,159-161. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: Three Kings Island, South West, on Sarcocornia quinqueflora, 11/26/1983, by C.F. Butcher. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name Notes: Holotype Barcode NZAC02008425 Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

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

Remarks

• Systematics: The adult female of P. salicornicola can be distinguished from adult female P. floccosa and P. media by having only 2 pairs of marginal macroducts on the pygidium, i.e., a single duct each side on the margin of segment VI instead of 2 or more ducts there, and by the much reduced pygidial gland spines. In addition, each L2 is coalesced into a single lobe instead of being bilobed. The female 2nd-instar nymph of P. salicornicola can immediately be distinguished from those of P. media and P. floccosa by the absence of marginal macroducts on the pygidium, and by the much reduced pygidial gland spines. (Henderson, 2011)
• Structure: Body shape on slide roundly oval with prominent median lobes (L1) at apex; on more mature specimens the distal pygidium appears folded over towards the midpygidium. (Henderson, 2011)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustrations in Henderson, 2011.

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