Normark, B.B., Normark, R.D., & Gullan, P.J. 2022 Three New Australian Species of the Armoured Scale Genus Aspidiotus Bouché, 1833 (Hemiptera: Diaspididae: Aspidiotini), Including a Emerging Pest of Cycads. Australian Entomologist 49(3): 144–168
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Notes: Here we describe the new species as Aspidiotus murramarangensis Normark, Normark and Gullan, sp. n., and report it from a nearby second coastal site in New South Wales. We also describe two other similar Australian species with which it may be confused: Aspidiotus arrawatta Normark, Normark and Gullan, sp. n., and Aspidiotus kamberra Normark, Normark and Gullan, sp. n. We provide a key to the Australian species of Aspidiotus, and a table comparing the character states that differ between the Australian species of the A. nerii complex. A new illustration of the adult female of A. nerii is provided for comparison with the new species.
