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Aspidiella zingiberi Mamet, 1942 (Diaspididae: Aspidiella)

Aspidiotus subterraneus Mamet 1939b: 580. Type data: MAURITIUS: Rose Hill, on Zingiber officinale.. Holotype, unknown, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; junior homonym Replacement name for Aspidiotus subterraneus Lindinger, 1935 Illustr.
Aspidiella subterranea (Mamet, 1939); Takahashi 1942: 47. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender
Aspidiella zingiberi Mamet 1942: 36. replacement name Replacement name for Aspidiotus subterraneus Mamet, 1939

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 2

Structure: Female scale brownish-buff in colour; slightly conical, irregularly circular; diameter 1.9-2.3 mm; exuviae subcentral; larval exuvium yellow and shiny; nymphal exuvium darker, obscured by layer of pale buff secretion; ventral scale represented as a whitish scar on surface of rhizomes of host plant(Mamet, 1939b).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Mamet (1939).