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Image of Poliaspis naamba Hardy & Henderson
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Poliaspis naamba Hardy & Henderson

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Slide-mounted adult female 942–1475 ?m long (holotype 1475 ?m), 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 strong sclerosis, each lobe wider than long, with rounded, dentate apex; margin between lobes incised; second lobe bi-lobed, medial lobule larger and with stronger basal sclerosis. Gland spines 19–45 ?m long, 2–3 ? length of median lobes, 1 gland spine on lateral margin of each pygidial segments; pair of setae between median lobes. Dorsal ducts smaller than marginal ducts; present in rows; 2–4 submedial ducts present on segment 6; ca. 4 submarginal and ca. 4 submedial ducts on segment 5. Perivulvar pores: 1–3 posteromedial, 10–15 posterolateral, 15–23 posterior, 2–4 anteromedial, and 2–5 anterolateral. Trilocular pores in cluster of 3–4 near anterior spiracle; 1–2 near posterior spiracle. Microducts numerous on dorsal surface of head, scattered on ventral surface of abdomen and thorax. Antenna with 1–2 fleshy setae.
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Nate Hardy, Rosa C. Henderson
bibliographic citation
Hardy N, Henderson R (2011) Revision of Poliaspis (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Diaspididae), with descriptions of 8 new species from Australia ZooKeys 137: 1–40
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Nate Hardy
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Rosa C. Henderson
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