Genus Poliaspis Maskell, 1880

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Regional Maps

• 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.

 

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; NSW, NT, Qld, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), 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), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), 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), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; Qld, SA: Kanmantoo (KAN) ; Qld, WA: Dampierland (DL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018		21-Jun-2013	MODIFIED
21-Nov-2012		21-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012		29-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)