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Anoplaspis maskelli Morrison & Morrison, 1922 (Diaspididae: Anoplaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Anoplaspis maskelli Morrison & Morrison 1922: 112-113. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: on Metrosideros sp. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes (NZAC): (i) an original Maskell slide, the glass coverslip sealed with his standard red and white rings, labelled: "Mytilaspis metrosideri [crossed out], Anoplaspis maskelli [in pencil], female and puparium, July 1890, W.M.M." The female is uncleared and unstained, the ‘puparium’ includes its 1st and 2nd-exuvia [1]: 1 F. Barcode NZAC02008441. (ii) as above except "adult female, 1891, W.M.M." This slide is presumed remounted, because the female is cleared and stained and the glass coverslip is sealed with blue and cream rings [1]: 1 F. Barcode NZAC02008438. Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Hender2011: pp.47 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Anoplaspis adult females]

Remarks

• Structure: Scale cover of female white, oval, exuviae golden-brown; the scale often filling area of underside of a small leaf, or at base of leaf by petiole; body of female light pink. (Henderson, 2011) Adult female scale white, flat, broadly pyriform to sometimes almost circular, exuviae apical; body of female elongate turbinate; derm membranous; pygidium somewhat chitinized (Morrison & Morrison, 1922).
• Biology: Always on leaves of vine species of Metrosideros (not on tree species of Metrosideros).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Morrison & Morrison (1922). Redescription and illustrations of adult female, 1st-instar nymph, 2nd-instar male and famale nymphs in Henderson, 2011.

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