Pseudaulacaspis MacGillivray,

Hodgson, Chris J. & Łagowska, Bozena, 2011, New scale insect (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea) records from Fiji: three new species, records of several new invasive species and an updated checklist of Coccoidea, Zootaxa 2766, pp. 1-29: 12

Pseudaulacaspis MacGillivray  Edit

Pseudalacaspis MacGillivray 1921: 305  Edit . Type species Diaspis pentagona Targioni Tozzetti  Edit , by original designation.

As presently understood, Pseudaulacaspis  Edit is a large genus with 67 species ( Ben-Dov et al., 2010). Williams and Watson (1988 a) state that “In the South Pacific area, this genus probably contains numerous species.” As it is, 5 of the 9 Pseudaulacaspis  Edit species recorded by Williams and Watson (1988 a) from the South Pacific are known from Fiji, and 2 are currently only known from there. Here we describe another species and provide a key for the separation of Pseudaulacaspis  Edit species from Fiji.