Valid Names Results
Brimblecombia Normark, 2019 (
Diaspididae)
Nomenclatural History
- Brimblecombia
Normark
2019: 90-92.
Type species: Ancepaspis rotundicauda Brimblecombe
.
accepted valid name
Remarks
- Systematics: Subfamily ASPIDIOTINAE Tribe AONIDIINI (Normark, et al., 2019)
Brimblecombia shares with related Aonidiini a number of features, including: pores by anterior spiracles (absent in Ancepaspis), a single antennal seta (multiple in most Ancepaspis species, including A. edentata), non-pupillarial (Ancepaspis is pupillarial), and derm
of adult female sclerotized at maturity (membranous in Ancepaspis). (Normark, et al., 2019)
Unlike Ancepaspis, Brimblecombia species are not pupillarial and they do not appear to secrete a scale cover. They also differ from Ancepaspis species in having pores by the anterior spiracles. In the Australian fauna, Brimblecombia species are distinctive for their lack of lobes,
plates, gland spines, and ducts, and for the distinctive sculpturing of the pygidium, usually including a flat, sclerotized plate projecting from the posterior margin, and often including multiple longitudinal striae consisting of sclerotized cuticular folds. (Normark, et al., 2019)
- Structure: Adult female pygidium without lobes, plates, or gland spines; ducts few, minute, duct openings difficult to see. Apex of pygidium in most species with flat, spatulate margin and with 3–5 conspicuous longitudinal sclerotized ridges or folds. With 5-locular pores near anterior spiracles (but these apparently missing
in 1 species, B. longicauda). Antenna with 1 seta. Adult female sclerotized at full maturity. (Normark, et al., 2019)
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Normark, et al., 2019.
Keys
Associated References
6 Species
