Valid Names Results

Africaspis wilkeyi Ben-Dov, 1973 (Diaspididae: Africaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Africaspis wilkeyi Ben-Dov 1973a: 139. Type data: AUSTRALIA: at quarantine, Seattle, Washington, USA, 1/07/1963, by M. Wells. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes in BMNH, ANIC, USNM and SANC. Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• BenDov1973a: pp.140 ( Adult (F) ) [Key for separating the species of Africaspis]

Remarks

• Systematics: This species resembles Cameronaspis orchidarum and Africaspis parinarri by the clavate shape of the basal sclerosis of the median lobes, but differs from both by the furcate form of the gland spines on segments V to VIII (Ben-Dov, 1973a).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ben-Dov (1973a).

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