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Image of Poliaspis alluvia Hardy & Henderson
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Poliaspis alluvia Hardy & Henderson

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Slide-mounted holotype female 952 ?m long, body outline pyriform, thoracic and abdominal lobes weakly produced. Pygidium with 2 pairs of lobes; median lobes divergent, with dentate apex; margin between lobes incised to a variable degree; second lobe bi-lobed, each lobule with basal sclerosis, more strongly developed on medial lobule. Gland spines 24–38 ?m long, 2–3 ? length of median lobes, 1 gland spine on margin of each pygidial segment; pair of setae between median lobes. Dorsal ducts smaller than marginal ducts present in rows; 8 submedial ducts present on segment 6; ca. 9 submarginal and ca. 10 submedial ducts on segment 5; ducts also present on segment 2. Perivulvar pores numerous: ca. 12 posteromedial, ca. 20 posterolateral, ca. 40 posterior, ca. 12 anteromedial, and ca. 5 anterolateral. Trilocular pores in cluster of 7–8 near anterior spiracle; 4 near posterior spiracle. Microducts few to numerous on dorsum of head, scattered anterior to anterior spiracles and mesad of gland tubercles on thorax and abdomen, few or absent on median abdomen. Antenna with 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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