Valid Names Results
Acutaspis oliveirai (Lepage & Giannotti, 1942) (Diaspididae: Acutaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Melanaspis oliveirae Lepage & Giannotti 1942: 446. Type data: BRAZIL: Joaquim Tavora, on Licania rigida.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Curitiba: Departamento de Zoologia, Setor de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal do Parana, Brazil; Sao Paulo: Instituto Biologico de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Acutaspis oliveirae (Lepage & Giannotti, 1942); Borchsenius 1966: 355. change of combination
- Acutaspis oliveirai (Lepage & Giannotti, 1942); Claps 1993: 6. emendation that is justified Notes: Revival of correct spelling of species epithet.
- Acutaspis oliveirae (Lepage & Giannotti, 1942); Ben-Dov & German 2003: 44. misspelling of species epithet
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 2
- Chrysobalanaceae
- Licania rigida | ClapsWoGo2001 LepageGi1942
- Oleaceae
- Olea | ClapsWoGo2001
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Brazil | LepageGi1942
- Ceara | ClapsWoGo2001
- Sao Paulo | ClapsWoGo2001
Keys
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale grey, circular, exuviae black placed centrally. Male scale not observed (Lepage & Giannotti, 1942).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Lepage & Giannotti (1942).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 44
- Borchs1966: catalog, 355
- Claps1993: taxonomy, 6,9
- ClapsWoGo2001: distribution, host, 240
- LepageGi1942: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 3-4
- McKenz1947: taxonomy, 32-33
