Valid Names Results

Andaspis artocarpi Borchsenius, 1967 (Diaspididae: Andaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Andaspis artocarpi Borchsenius 1967: 725. Type data: INDIA: Karnataka, near Bangalore, on Artocarpus integrifolia, 27/02/1963, by N. Borchsenius. Holotype, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Matile1988: pp.30 ( ) [Key to species of Andaspis on Leguminosae]
• Borchs1967: pp.725 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Andaspis]

Remarks

• Systematics: This species is similar to Andaspis laingi. The females of this species are distinguished by the presence of 5 pairs of marginal ducts and a transverse row of ventral ducts on the metathorax (Borchsenius, 1967).
• Structure: Adult female body 1.2mm. Female scale is brownish or dark brown, 2.5mm long (Borchsenius, 1967).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Borchsenius (1967).

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