Poliaspis cycadis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coccoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Sternorrhyncha Superfamilia: Coccoidea

Familia: Diaspididae
Genus: Poliaspis
Species: Poliaspis media
Synonym: Poliaspis cycadis

Name

• Poliaspis cycadis Comstock, 1883
  • Authority for current placement: Hardy & Henderson, 2011: 19 ('Syn. nov.')
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Hardy & Henderson (2011: 19)
    • Description: [adult] female
    • Repository: USNM
  • Type locality: 'USA: Washington DC, in conservatory'
  • Type host: Cycas revoluta

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. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.137.1786 . Reference page.