Valid Names Results
Pseudaulacaspis difissata (Brimblecombe, 1959) (Diaspididae: Pseudaulacaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Phenacaspis difissata Brimblecombe 1959b: 399-400. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Tungun, on Banksia integrifolia, ?/12/1948. Holotype, female, Type depository: Brisbane: Queensland Museum, Queensland, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: Also in QMBA is paratype number T5790. Illustr.
- Pseudaulacaspis difissata (Brimblecombe, 1959); Takagi 1985: 45. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Proteaceae
- Banksia integrifolia | Brimbl1959b
- Banksia serrata | NormarOkMo2019
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Australia
- Queensland | Brimbl1959b
Keys
Remarks
- Structure: Scales elongate-oval to pyriform, white. Adult female elongate oval and membranous. This scale resembles Phenacaspis megaloba (Green) in having a deep pygidial incision but differs in having a segmental series of ducts on the second abdominal segment. The third pair of lobes may be sclerotized marginal serrations similar to those in the fourth lobe position. Sometimes the serrations in the latter position also may be indistinct. The ventral groups of small, broad-based spines resemble those of P. eugeniae (Maskell) but P. difissata differs from that species in having two pairs of these groups of spines, a large pygidial incision and longer pygidial lobes (Brimblecombe, 1959b).
- Biology: Insects found singly on underside of leaves (Brimblecombe, 1959b).
Illustrations
Citations
- AndersWuGr2010: phylogeny, taxonomy, 997-1003
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 120
- Brimbl1959b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 399-400
- Brimbl1959c: distribution, host, taxonomy, 19
- NormarOkMo2019: distribution, host, phylogeny, taxonomy, 31, 70, S6
- Takagi1985: taxonomy, 45
