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Trichomytilus australis (Laing, 1925) (Diaspididae: Trichomytilus)

Phenacaspis australis Laing 1925a: 61-62. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Sydney, on unidentified plant, probably a Eucalyptus sp., by G.A.K. Marshall. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Trichomytilus australis (Laing, 1925); Lindinger 1933a: 165. change of combination
Pseudaulacaspis australis Takagi 1985: 44. junior homonym Notes: Takagi suggested that Trichomytilus australis was actually a species of Pseudaulacaspis, but did not formally move the species into the genus. This would have resulted in a homonym and a new species name would have been assigned.

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Countries: 1

Structure: Female scale snowy white, narrow in front, very broad posteriorly, sometimes almost subcircular; exuviae brownish fulvous, the larval exuviae darker than nymphal, 3.0 mm long and 2.0 mm wide. Adult female elongate, narrow, twice as long as wide, relatively narrower at cephalic end than caudal. Pygidium with 3 pairs of lobes; median pair widely divergent, prominent, inner margins entire; 2nd and 3rd pairs duplex, the 2nd lobule of each pair much reduced (Laing, 1925a).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Laing (1925a).