Valid Names Results

Andaspis meliae (Green, 1919) (Diaspididae: Andaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Lepidosaphes meliae Green 1919c: 445. Type data: INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore, on Melia azedarach, by Ramakrishna. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Lepidosaphes (Mytilaspis) meliae Green, 1919; Ramakrishna Ayyar 1919b: 98. change of combination
• Mytilaspis (Lepidosaphes) meliae (Green, 1919); Ramakrishna Ayyar 1919a: 24. change of combination
• Andaspis meliae (Green, 1919); Williams 1963b: 20. change of combination Illustr.
• Pararaoaspis meliae (Green, 1919); Borchsenius 1967: 730. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Willia1963b: pp.25 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Andaspis]

Remarks

• Systematics: This species comes very close to Andaspis mori, in the general distribution of ducts and in the shape of median lobes but differs in possessing much larger second lobes and lacking the sclerotized spurs on the margins of the abdomen (Williams, 1963b).
• Structure: Scale of adult female dull dark brown, moderately convex, exuviae reddish brown, often with whitish secretion. Scale of male smaller, dark brown to almost black. Adult female broadly oval, membranous except for pygidium. Marginal sclerotized spurs absent (Williams, 1963b).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration by Williams (1963b).

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