Species Poliaspis callitris Laing, 1929

Museums

Regional Maps

• Poliaspis callitris Laing, F. 1929. Report on Australian Coccidae. Bulletin of Entomological Research 20: 15-37 [19-20] [illustration].
  Zoobank Registration Number:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:1C15AF8B-51E2-4C01-B689-1D43E4598E3F

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH no.11,1919, IBE 1385 1 ♀ (The Lectotype is the only un-distorted adult female on slide), Mallee, Victoria.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH same as holotype 7 ♀, same as holotype; BMNH 2 adult ♀, same as holotype.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Hardy, N. & Henderson, R.C. 2011. Revision of Poliaspis (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Diaspididae), with descriptions of 8 new species from Australia. ZooKeys 137: 1–40 [10].

  Type host:

   Callitris sp. [CUPRESSACEAE]

  Secondary source:

   Hardy, N. & Henderson, R.C. 2011. Revision of Poliaspis (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Diaspididae), with descriptions of 8 new species from Australia. ZooKeys 137: 1–40 [10].

Generic Combinations

• Lineaspis callitris (Laing, 1929). —
  Borchsenius, N.S. 1966. [A Catalogue of the Armoured Scale Insects (Diaspidoidea) of the World]. Moscow & Leningrad : Nauka 449 pp. [in Russian] [103]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Callitris sp. [CUPRESSACEAE]).

History of changes