Valid Names Results

Poliaspis Maskell, 1880 (Diaspididae)

Nomenclatural History

• Poliaspis Maskell 1880: 293. Type species: Poliaspis media Maskell by monotypy . accepted valid name
• Polyaspis Leonardi 1897b: 108;. . misspelling of genus name
• Maskeliella Leonardi 1897b: 108. . replacement name that is unjustified (discovered by Ferris1937a: 4) Notes: Leonardi (1897b) stated that "Polyaspis" was preoccupied in Acari and proposed the replacement name Maskeliella. Since Poliaspis is not a homonym of Polyaspis, the replacement name Maskeliella is invalid (Ferris, 1937a).
• Leonardaspis MacGillivray 1921: 274. Type species: Mytilaspis wilga Leonardi by monotypy and original designation . junior synonym (discovered by HardyHe2011: 33.35-36)
• Albastaspis Lindinger 1937: 178;. . incorrect synonymy
• Maskelliella Ferris 1937a: 4;. . misspelling of genus name

Remarks

• Systematics: Subfamily DIASPIDINAE Tribe DIASPIDINI Subtribe FIORINIINA (Normark, et al., 2019) Poliaspis is similar to Leucaspis (Maskell, 1887a). Brittin (1926) states that a key characteristic of Poliaspis is the circumgenital glands are arranged in 8 groups, whereas in Chionaspis, a closely allied genus, there are never more than 5 groups. Ferris (1942) stated that "No detailed study of this entire group has yet been made and consequently generic limits are very doubtful, nor can many of the species at present be identified from the existing literature. Whether or not Poliaspis, as presently understood, constitutes a natural group remains to be determined." In 2011, Hardy and Henderson, state that "nearly all other armored scale insect species have perivulvar pores in no more than 5 clusters, and restricted to abdominal segment 7. Species of Leucaspis Signoret and Lopholeucaspis Balachowsky are exceptions to this generalization; more than 5 clusters of multilocular pores may be present on the abdomen, but the extra pores occur on the submargin of abdominal segments 6 and 5."..."Described African species with extra groups of perivulvar pores invariably have marginal macroducts with elongate ductules. This feature is enough of a reason for us to refrain from taking any nomenclatural action at this time." Normark, et al., 2019 determined that Poliaspis is a monophyletic genus.
• Structure: Maskell (1880) describes Poliaspis as having spinnerets in more than 5 groups and in a double row on the edge of the abdomen. Pygidium of adult female always with a single pair of distinct lobes (MacGillivray, 1921). Female scale cover generally white, with or without flocculent wax, shape broadly rounded to elongate-ovate, exuvia terminal; male scale cover white, exuvium at one end, non-carinated, often with a coating of flocculent wax. (Henderson, 2011)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Morrison & Morrison (1922). Detailed description and illustration by Borchsenius & Williams (1963). Redescription in Henderson 2011 and Hardy & Henderson 2011.

Keys

• Hender2011: pp.44-45 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Genera of Diaspididae in New Zealand]
• Balach1954e: pp.171 ( Adult (F) ) [Tableau des genres de Diaspidina Chionaspiformes]
• Ferris1942: pp.42 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to genera in the tribe Diaspidini]
• Kuwana1933a: pp.44 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to genera of Japanese Diaspinae]
• MacGil1921: pp.274 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to genera of Lepidosaphini]
• MacGil1921: pp.309 ( Adult (F) ) [Genera of Diaspidini]
• Brain1919: pp.229 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to genera near Chionaspis]
• Newste1901b: pp.79 ( Adult (F) ) [Synopsis of Diaspinae genera]

Associated References

• Ashmea1891: taxonomy, pp. 102
• Balach1954e: description, taxonomy, pp. 171, 427-428
• Borchs1966: catalog, taxonomy, pp. 35, 133
• BorchsWi1963: description, distribution, illustration, taxonomy, pp. 366-367
• Brain1919: taxonomy, pp. 229
• Britti1926: distribution, taxonomy, pp. 287
• Cocker1899a: taxonomy, pp. 397
• Comsto1883: description, taxonomy, pp. 54, 126
• Comsto1916: description, taxonomy, pp. 515, 587
• DanzigPe1998: catalog, distribution, taxonomy, pp. 337
• Ferris1921b: taxonomy, pp. 93
• Ferris1936a: taxonomy, pp. 22
• Ferris1937a: taxonomy, pp. 3, 4, 6
• Ferris1937e: taxonomy, pp. 527
• Ferris1938: illustration, taxonomy, pp. 37, 42, 45, 46
• Ferris1938b: taxonomy, pp. 75
• Ferris1942: description, distribution, taxonomy, pp. SIV-408, SIV-446:42
• Frogga1914: description, distribution, taxonomy, pp. 876
• Frogga1915: description, distribution, taxonomy, pp. 49
• Fuller1899: taxonomy, pp. 470
• Gill1997: taxonomy, pp. 234
• Green1896e: taxonomy, pp. 38
• Hall1946a: description, distribution, taxonomy, pp. 499, 529-530
• HardyHe2011: description, distribution, illustration, taxonomy, pp. 1-40
• Hender2011: description, distribution, host, structure, taxonomy, pp. 6,8,10-12,22-23,45,1
• Kuwana1925: distribution, taxonomy, pp. 1
• Kuwana1933a: distribution, taxonomy, pp. 44
• Leonar1897b: taxonomy, pp. 108
• Lidget1898a: taxonomy, pp. 14
• LinKoGu2013: molecular data, phylogeny, pp. 257
• Lindin1906a: taxonomy, pp. 4
• Lindin1908b: taxonomy, pp. 97
• Lindin1935: taxonomy, pp. 131
• Lindin1937: taxonomy, pp. 187, 189, 193
• Lindin1943b: taxonomy, pp. 224
• MacGil1921: description, taxonomy, pp. 274, 309
• Maskel1880: description, taxonomy, pp. 293
• Maskel1884: taxonomy, pp. 121
• Maskel1887a: description, taxonomy, pp. 39, 56
• Maskel1891: description, taxonomy, pp. 9-11
• Morgan1888b: taxonomy, pp. 118
• MorrisMo1922: description, distribution, taxonomy, pp. 86-89
• MorrisMo1966: taxonomy, pp. 106, 158
• Newste1901b: taxonomy, pp. 79, 176
• NormarOkMo2019: taxonomy, pp. 42, 52, 67, 71
• Takaha1955e: taxonomy, pp. 77
• UlgentPe2013: description, structure, taxonomy, pp. 494
• Varshn2002: pp. 72

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