Poliaspis waibenensis Hardy & Henderson

Hardy, Nate & Henderson, Rosa C., 2011, Revision of Poliaspis (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Diaspididae), with descriptions of 8 new species from Australia, ZooKeys 137, pp. 1-40 : 15-16

Poliaspis waibenensis Hardy & Henderson sp. n. Fig. 15

Material examined.

Holotype: female: Australia, QLD, Thursday Island [-10.58, 142.22], on leaves of Lumnitzera racemosa , 2.9.2004, B Waterhouse (ANIC).

Paratypes: QLD. 10 adult females: Atherton [-17.27, 145.48], on leaves of Parsonsia straminea , 1.2.1982, J Donaldson (QDPI); 6 adult females: Hammond Island [-10.55, 142.21], on leaves of Rhizophora sp., 29.11.1993, J Grimshaw (QDPI); 7 adult females: Thursday Island, on leaves of Pemphis acidula , 6.9.1983, J Donaldson (QDPI); 5 adult females: Thursday Island, ex mangrove, 16.5.1985, J Donaldson (QDPI); 4 adult females: same data as holotype (QDPI). WA. 3 adult females: Sunday Island [-16.4, 123.19], on leaves of Ficus sp., 13.5.2002, A Williams (QDPI); 3 adult females: Willie Creek via Broome [-17.96, 122.24], ex mangrove, 7.8.2003, A Postle, C Brockway (QDPI).

Description, n=10.

Slide-mounted adult female 1101-2040 μm long (holotype 2040 μm long), body outline fusiform to pyriform, with weakly-developed lobes on pre-pygidial abdominal segments. Pygidium with 2 pairs of lobes; median lobes zygotic, divergent, lobes connected via broad (more than half width of lobes) sclerosis, each lobe wider than long, with rounded apex; margin between lobes incised; second lobe bi-lobed, ca. as large as medial lobe, medial lobule larger and with stronger basal sclerosis. Gland spines 25-47 long long, 2-3 × length of median lobes, 1 gland spine on lateral margin of each pygidial segment; pair of setae between median lobes. Conspicuous, duct spur present between medial and second lobe, as long as medial lobe. Dorsal ducts smaller than marginal ducts; present in rows; 4 submedial ducts present on segment 6; ca. 6 submarginal and ca. 6 submedial ducts on segment 5. Perivulvar pores: 2-6 posteromedial, 6-11 posterolateral, 15-28 posterior, 0-3 anteromedial, and 4-7 anterolateral. Trilocular pores in cluster of 1-5 near anterior spiracle; absent near posterior spiracle in most specimens (2 present in specimens from Parsonsia ). Microducts absent on dorsal surface of head, scattered on ventral surface of abdomen and thorax. Antenna with 2 fleshy setae.

Comments.

Poliaspis waibenensis is very similar to Poliaspis naamba . See comments under Poliaspis naamba for discussion.

Etymology.

The species name is taken from the Torres Strait Islander name for Thursday Island: Waiben, meaning 'place of no water.'