Valid Names Results

Pseudaulacaspis australis is now Albastaspis australis (Hempel, 1900) (Diaspididae: Albastaspis)

Pseudaulacaspis australis is also an old combination for the names below:

Trichomytilus australis

Nomenclatural History

• Diaspis australis Hempel 1900a: 521-522. Type data: BRAZIL: Ypiranga, on unidentified Myrtaceae. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sao Paulo: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Pseudaulacaspis australis (Hempel, 1900); Lepage & Giannotti 1943: 335. change of combination
• Albastaspis australis (Hempel, 1900); Wei, Normark, and Normark 2026: 27. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WeiNoNo2026: pp.30-36 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Fioriniina in Australia]
• MacGil1921: pp.320 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Diaspis]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale white, oblong, very convex, about 2.75 mm long. Exuviae brown, close to margin. Male scale narrow, white, uncarinated, forming a full sack, exuviae brown, 1.5 mm long (Hempel, 1900a). Adult female yellowish, posterior end of abdomen light brown, oval, widest anteriorly, three segments before the pygidium produced laterally (Hempel, 1901a).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Hempel (1900a).

Illustrations

Citations