Species Poliaspis wilga (Leonardi, 1903)

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• Mytilaspis wilga Leonardi, G. 1903. Generi e specie di diaspiti. Saggio di systematica delle Mytilaspides. Annali della Regia Scuola Superiore de Agricoltura in Portici 2 5(1904): 1-114 [43].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH BM 1964–4, CIE 1 ♀, Condobolin, NSW.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 12 slides, same as Lectotype; BMNH 1 slide with 4 ♀, NSW.

  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 [33].

  Type host:

   Geijera parviflora [RUTACEAE]

Generic Combinations

• Leonardaspis wilga (Leonardi, 1903). —
  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. [287]
• Lepidosaphes wilga (Leonardi, 1903). —
  Sanders, J.G. 1906. Catalogue of recently described Coccidae. United States Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Entomology. Technical Series 12: 1-18 [17]
• Poliaspis wilga (Leonardi, 1903). —
  Hardy, N. & Henderson, R.C. 2011. Revision of Poliaspis (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Diaspididae), with descriptions of 8 new species from Australia. ZooKeys 137: 1–40 [33]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

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 [875] (as Mytilaspis wilga)

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