Valid Names Results

Aspidoproctus ghesquierei Vayssière, 1926 (Monophlebidae: Aspidoproctus)

Nomenclatural History

Aspidoproctus ghesquierei Vayssière 1926: 288. Type data: ZAIRE: Elisabethville, on roots of Sophora vicifolia; collected July 15, 1919 by J. Ghesquiere.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; Tervuren: Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Section d'Entomologie, Belgium; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Fabaceae

Sophora davidii | DeLott1974a Vayssi1926 | (= Sophora viciifolia)

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Democratic Republic of the Congo (=Zaire) | Vayssi1926

Keys

Remarks

Structure: Adult female 12-13 mm long, 8-10 mm wide, 4 mm high (Vayssière, 1926).
Biology: Collected from the roots of an indigenous leguminous, Sophora vicifolia (Vayssière, 1926).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Vayssière (1926).

Illustrations

Citations

BenDov2005a: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 144
Foldi2001a: taxonomy, 196
MayneGh1934: distribution, host, 3-38
Morris1928: taxonomy, 158, 223
Vayssi1926: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 280, 288-291
Watson2022: distribution, 319