Valid Names Results

Pseudaulacaspis nitida (Maskell, 1892) (Diaspididae: Pseudaulacaspis)

Chionaspis nitida Maskell 1892: 15-16. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Melbourne, on Daviesia corymbosa, by Mr. French; Adelaide, on Daviesia corymbosa, by Mr. Tepper. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; Orange: Agricultural Scientific Collections Unit, Orange Agricultural Institute, NSW, Australia; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Trichomytilus nitida (Maskell, 1892); Lindinger 1933a: 165. change of combination
Phenacaspis nitida (Maskell, 1892); Ferris 1955d: 51. change of combination
Pseudaulacaspis nitida (Maskell, 1892); Takagi 1985: 48. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Female scale silvery-white and shining, elongate, smooth, slightly convex, sides somewhat parallel. Exuviae terminal, larval exuviae bright yellow, 2nd exuviae greyish. Male scale silvery white, elongate, parallel sided, slightly convex, with an inconspicuous longitudinal median groove. Exuviae bright yellow. Adult female golden brown, elongate, abdomen ending in 2 small floriated lobes with a median depression, margin crenulated, with a few small spines (Maskell, 1892). Froggatt (1914) describes the male scale as much smaller than that of female, with exuviae reddish brown.
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Maskell (1892).