Valid Names Results
Aspidiotus chaetachmeae (Brain, 1919) (Diaspididae: Aspidiotus)Nomenclatural History
- Aonidia chaetachmeae Brain 1919: 215. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Natal, Durban, on "umkavoti", Chaetachme [=Chaetacme] aristata; collected by C. Fuller, October 12, 1914.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Aonidia chaetachmes Brain, 1919; Lindinger 1932f: 196. emendation that is unjustified (discovered by Borchs1966, 362).
- Aspidiotus chaetachmeae (Brain, 1919); Normark, et al. 2019: 60. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Ulmaceae
- Chaetachme aristata | Balach1958b Brain1919 Muntin1965a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- South Africa | Balach1958b Brain1919 Muntin1965a
Keys
- Muntin1965b: pp.189 ( Adult (F) ) [South Africa] Key as: Aonidia chaetachmeae
Remarks
- Structure: Scale of female small, about 1-1.3 mm long, pyriform, with irregularly crenulate edges, dull pitch black in colour, with as scanty white layer of waxy secretion, which is most noticeable around the margins. The larval exuviae are central, raised, black, with dark brown margins (Brain 1919).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Brain (1919) and by Munting (1965a).
Illustrations
Citations
- Balach1958b: distribution, host, 240
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 62
- Borchs1966: catalog, 362
- Brain1919: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 215
- Lindin1932f: taxonomy, 196
- Muntin1965a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 182-183,189
- NormarOkMo2019: phylogeny, taxonomy, 60
