Valid Names Results

Anzaspis pandanicola (Williams & Watson, 1988) (Diaspididae: Anzaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chionaspis pandanicola Williams & Watson 1988: 87. Type data: FIJI: Viti Levu, Nadi-Sigatoka road, on Pandanus sp, 28/09/1955, by B.A. O'Connor. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Anzaspis pandanicola (Williams & Watson, 1988); Lagowska & Hodgson 2012: 61. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• LagowsHo2012: pp.66 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult female Diaspididae closely related to “Chionaspis” recorded from the tropical South Pacific and New Zealand]
• WilliaWa1988: pp.80 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Chionaspis of the Tropical South Pacific Region] Key as: Chionaspis pandanicola

Remarks

• Systematics: Chionaspis pandanicola is closely related to C. freycinetiae, but has fewer dorsal ducts in a different arrangement. Superficially it resembles C. castanopsidis in having a similar arrangement of dorsal ducts, but the median lobes of C. castanopsidis are serrated, whereas those of C.pandanicola are smooth (Williams & Watson, 1988).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Williams & Watson (1988).

Illustrations

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