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Aspidiotus kellyi Brain, 1918 (Diaspididae: Aspidiotus)

Aspidiotus kellyi Brain 1918: 122. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Transavaal, Pretoria, on Andropogon amplectens; collected by A. Kelly, 13.x.1913.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Muntin1970a,39). Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.
Brainaspis kellyi (Brain, 1918); MacGillivray 1921: 427. change of combination
Temnaspidiotus kellyi (Brain, 1918); Balachowsky 1956: 132. change of combination
Temnaspidiotus kelleyi (Brain, 1918); Balachowsky 1956: 132. misspelling of species epithet
Aspidiotus kellyi Brain, 1918; Williams & Watson 1988: 49. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 2

Systematics: Aspidiotus kellyi Brain is the type species of the genus Brainaspis. The genus has been synonymized with Aspidiotus by Lindinger, 1937. Dr. Sadao Takagi (in personal communication to Yair Ben-Dov, 8 January 2003) suggested that Aspidiotus kellyi Brain and Aspidiotus sinensis (Ferris) may belong to a separate genus. Normark, et al. (2019) also suggested that the revival of Brainaspis with would be justified with Aspidiotus kellyi Brain is the type species of the genus.
Structure: Female scale about 2 mm. in diameter, circular or slightly elongate, flat to slightly convex, rather robust, faintly buff or brownish in colour, with almost central exuviae, which are covered; but in rubbed specimens they appear metallic yellow to bronze in colour. Seen from below the second exuviae are yellow. Male scale flat, about 1 mm. long, somewhat elongate, often with the ends slightly pointed, dull light brown in colour with paler margins. Exuviae covered yellowish (Brain, 1918).
Economic Importance: Pruthi & Rao (1942) recorded this species from sugarcane in India.
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Brain (1918) and by Balachowsky (1956).

AgarwaSi1964: distribution, economic importance, host, 149
Balach1956: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 134-135
BenDovGe2003: catalog, 193-194
Borchs1966: catalog, 272
Brain1918: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 122-123
Ferris1937c: taxonomy, 50
Ferris1938b: illustration, 67
Ferris1941e: taxonomy, 44
MacGil1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 427
Muntin1970a: taxonomy, 39
PruthiRa1942: distribution, host, 87-88
SchneiFiNo2019: key, taxonomy, 92
Varshn2002: distribution, host, 25
WilliaGr1990: biological control, distribution, economic importance, host, 563-578