Valid Names Results

Aspidiotus capensis Newstead, 1917 (Diaspididae: Aspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

Aspidiotus (Evaspidiotus) fimbriatus capensis Newstead 1917: 373. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Port Elizabeth, on cycads; collected by de Charmoy, 1914.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Aspidiotus fimbriatus capensis Newstead, 1917; Brain 1918: 121. change of combination
Aspidiotus capensis Newstead, 1917; Balachowsky 1955: 391. change in status (level)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Cycadaceae

Cycadaceae | Balach1956 Newste1917
Cycas | RosenDe1979

Zamiaceae

Encephalartos | Balach1956 Brain1918

Foes:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Aphelinidae

Aphytis taylori | RosenDe1979

Encyrtidae

Habrolepis algoensis | Prinsl1983

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

South Africa | Balach1956 Brain1918 BrainKe1917 Newste1917 RosenDe1979

Keys

Balach1956: pp.52 ( Adult (F) ) [Africa]
Brain1918: pp.117 ( Adult (F) ) [South Africa]

Remarks

Structure: Scale of adult female circular, about 2.5 - 3 mm. in diameter, moderately convex, pure opaque white. The exuviae are central and normally covered with a thin layer of secretion, through which they appear slightly brownish. Male scale similar in shape, but small, semi-transparent, with yellow exuviae (Brain, 1918).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Balachowsky (1956).

Illustrations

Citations

Balach1932f: distribution, host, taxonomy, 230
Balach1955: taxonomy, 391
Balach1956: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 55-58
BenDovGe2003: catalog, 164-165
Borchs1966: catalog, 260
Brain1918: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 121
BrainKe1917: distribution, 183
MacGil1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 402
Muntin1971a: taxonomy, 307
Newste1917: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 373
Prinsl1983: biological control, distribution, 26
Quedna1964b: biological control, 86-116
RosenDe1979: biological control, distribution, host, 494-496
Sander1906: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 13
Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 223