Valid Names Results

Aonidiella taorensis (Lindinger, 1911) (Diaspididae: Aonidiella)

Nomenclatural History

• Aspidiotus taorensis Lindinger 1911a: 17. Type data: CANARY ISLANDS: Gran Canaria, Barranco Guinguada, near Las Palmas, on Euphorbia aphylla, E.regis-jubae; Baia del Confital, on E. aphylla; Tenerife, Valle de Taoro on E. regis-juba, E. aphylla.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Hamburg: Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Universitat von Hamburg, Germany; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Hemiberlesia taorensis (Lindinger, 1911); MacGillivray 1921: 436. change of combination
• Aonidiella taorensis (Lindinger, 1911); McKenzie 1938: 14. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• BenDov2006: pp.55-57 ( Adult (F) ) [World (33 species)]
• GomezM1962: pp.187 ( Adult (F) ) [Canary Islands]
• Balach1948b: pp.361 ( Adult (F) ) [Mediterranean ]
• McKenz1946: pp.33 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
• McKenz1942b: pp.144-145 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
• McKenz1938: pp.17-18 ( Adult (F) ) [World]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale circular, white; larval exuviae yellow, central. Male scale unknown. The species causes the formation of pit-like pseudo-galls on the leaves of Euphorbiaceae (Balachowsky, 1948b).
• Biology: This species was found to induce the formation of pit-like pseudo-galls on the leaves of Euphorbiaceae (Balachowsky, 1948b).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Lindinger (1911a), Balachowsky (1948b) and by Gomez-Menor Guerrero (1962).

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