Genus Poliaspis Maskell, 1880

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• Poliaspis Maskell, W.M. 1880. Further notes on New Zealand Coccidae. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 12[1879]: 291-301 [293].

  Type species:

   Poliaspis media Maskell, 1880 by monotypy.
• Leonardaspis MacGillivray, A.D. 1921. The Coccidae. Tables for the identification of the subfamilies and some of the more important genera and species together with discussions of their anatomy and life history. Urbana, Illinois : Scarab Company vi 502 pp. [274].

  Type species:

   Mytilaspis wilga Leonardi, 1903 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: Cobar Peneplain (CP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, SA, WA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD) ; Qld, SA, WA: Kanmantoo (KAN) ; Qld, WA: Dampierland (DL) ; SA, WA: Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Nullarbor (NUL), Stony Plains (STP)

General References

Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 875-882 [876] (as Poliaspis; description)

Hardy, N. & Henderson, R.C. 2011. Revision of Poliaspis (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Diaspididae), with descriptions of 8 new species from Australia. ZooKeys 137: 1–40

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