Valid Names Results

Aonidia nullispina is now Rhizaspidiotus nullispinus (Munting, 1969) (Diaspididae: Rhizaspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

• Aonidia nullispina Munting 1969: 119. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Province, Tosca, on Olea sp.; collected 8.iii.1967.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Rhizaspidiotus nullispinus (Munting, 1969); Normark, et al. 2019: 62. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender

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Ecological Associates

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Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

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Remarks

• Structure: Scale of adult female oval, brown, with a pale white secretory covering, about 1 mm in length. Male scale oval, cream coloured, with a yellow subcentral exuviae; about 1 mm long (Munting, 1969).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Munting (1969).

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