Species Poliaspis exocarpi Maskell, 1892
- Poliaspis exocarpi Maskell, W.M. 1892. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species, and remarks on coccids from New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 24: 1-64 [dated 1891] [17].
Type data:
Lectotype NZAC 1 ♀, Mordialloc, near Melbourne, Victoria [-38.00, 145.09].
Paralectotype(s) NZAC 1 ♀, same as Lectotype; BMNH (not examined); USNM 12 specimens (not examined);
Status unknown, NZAC, Mordialloc nr Melbourne, VIC.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 [17].Type host:
Exocarpus cupressiformis Labill. [SANTALACEAE]
Introduction
The most polyphagous and wide spread species of Poliaspis in Australia. There is also a considerable amount of morphological variation present among samples (e.g. the number of submedial ducts on dorsum of abdominal segment 6) (Hardy & Henderson 2011).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
NEW SOUTH WALES: Bankstown; Botany; Oatley; NORTHERN TERRITORY: Port Darwin; QUEENSLAND: Aramoor; Chinchilla; Fletcher; Imbil; Texas; VICTORIA: Millgrove; Mordialloc; Ringwood; Sandringham; WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Albany.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), 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), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Northern Territory: N coastal
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin
- Victoria: SE coastal
- Western Australia: SW coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder (associated flora: Eremocitrus glauca (Lindl.) Swingle [RUTACEAE] Desert Lime, Native Cumquat, Native Orange; Jacksonia scoparia R.Br. ex Sm. [FABACEAE] Dogwood; Daviesia latifolia R.Br. [FABACEAE] Hop Bitter-pea; Podolobium ilicifolium (Andrews) Crisp & P.H.Weston [FABACEAE] Prickly Shaggy Pea; Leptospermum sp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-tree; Exocarpus cupressiformis Labill. [SANTALACEAE] native cherry; Cucurbita maxima Lam. [CUCURBITACEAE]; Daviesia corymbosa Sm. [FABACEAE]; Daviesia sp. [FABACEAE]; Exocarpus sp. [SANTALACEAE]; Oxylobium sp. [FABACEAE]; Santalum sp. [SANTALACEAE]; Geijera parviflora Lindl. [RUTACEAE]; Dillwynia ericifolia Sm. [FABACEAE]; Dillwynia sp. [FABACEAE]; Euroschinus falcata Hook.f. [ANACARDIACEAE]).
General References
Fernald, M.E. 1903. A catalogue of the Coccidae of the world. Bulletin of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College 88: 1-360 [343] (as Poliaspis exocarpi)
Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 875-882 [877] (as Poliaspis exocarpi; description; illustration)
Fuller, C. 1897. Some Coccidae of Western Australia. Journal of Western Australia Bureau of Agriculture 4: 1344-1346 [1345] (as Poliaspis exocarpi)
Hardy, N. & Henderson, R.C. 2011. Revision of Poliaspis (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Diaspididae), with descriptions of 8 new species from Australia. ZooKeys 137: 1–40
Laing, F. 1929. Report on Australian Coccidae. Bulletin of Entomological Research 20: 15-37 [21] (as Poliaspis exocarpi)
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. [355] (as Poliaspis exocarpi)
Maskell, W.M. 1894. Further coccid notes with descriptions of several new species and discussion of various points of interest. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 26: 65-105 [72] (as Poliaspis exocarpi)
Maskell, W.M. 1895. Further coccid notes: with description of new species from New Zealand, Australia, Sandwich Islands, and elsewhere, and remarks upon many species already reported. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 27: 36-75 [52] (as Poliaspis exocarpi)
Maskell, W.M. 1895. Synoptical list of Coccidae reported from Australasia and the Pacific Islands up to December 1894. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 27: 1-35 [8-9] (as Poliaspis exocarpi)
Maskell, W.M. 1896. Further coccid notes, with descriptions of new species and discussions of questions of interest. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 28: 380-411 [dated 1895] [391] (as Poliaspis exocarpi)
Maskell, W.M. 1897. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species and discussions of points of interest. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 29: 293-331 [306] (as Poliaspis exocarpi)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 14-Dec-2022 | DIASPIDIDAE | 29-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 29-Mar-2018 | COCCOIDEA | 29-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 29-Mar-2018 | DIASPIDIDAE | 29-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 29-Mar-2018 | 29-May-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
| 21-Nov-2012 | 29-May-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Jun-2012 | 29-May-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-May-2023 | MODIFIED |