Valid Names Results
Aonidia obtusa Green & Laing, 1921 (Diaspididae: Aonidia)Nomenclatural History
- Aonidia obtusa Green & Laing 1921: 126. Type data: SEYCHELLES: on Verschaffeltia splendida.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Arecaceae
- Verschaffeltia splendida | Balach1958b Borchs1966 GreenLa1921 Mamet1943a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Seychelles | Balach1958b Borchs1966 GreenLa1921 Mamet1943a
Keys
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale consisting almost entirely of the enlarged nymphal exuvia; transversely oval, flat, or very slightly convex; a narrow marginal area ornamented with sutures running irregularly from without inwards and intertwining; colour varying from pale to dark brown, often thinly coated with white powdery secretion over a wide marginal area, leaving only the centre bare (Green & Laing, 1921).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Green & Laing (1921).
Illustrations
Citations
- Balach1958b: distribution, host, 240
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 73
- Borchs1966: catalog, 364
- GreenLa1921: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 126-127
- Mamet1943a: catalog, 156
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 228
