Valid Names Results

Aspidoproctus maximus (Lounsbury, 1908) (Monophlebidae: Aspidoproctus)

Nomenclatural History

• Lophococcus maximus Lounsbury 1908: 32. Type data: ZIMBABWE [=RHODESIA]: Salisbury, Kopje, on various trees such as Msasa, Madondo and Grevillea.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Notes: Morris (1928) synonymized the genus Lophococcus Cockerell with Aspidoproctus Newstead creating the combination Aspidoproctus maximus.
• Aspidoproctus maximus; Newstead 1911: 100. subsequent use Notes: Incorrect citation of "Sanders" as author.
• Aspidoproctus maximus Newstead 1911a: 158. Type data: GERMAN EAST AFRICA [? TANZANIA]: Langenburg, host plant no indicated; collected by Dr. Fulleborn.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; synonym and homonym (discovered by Newste1911a, 159). Replacement name for Lophococcus maximus Lounsbury, 1908 Illustr.
• Lophococcus maximus; Lindinger 1913: 88. subsequent use Notes: Incorrect citation of "(Saunders) Lounsbury" as author.
• Aspidoproctus maximus; Vayssière 1926: 280. subsequent use Notes: Incorrect citation of "Newstead" as author.
• Aspidoproctus maximus; Vayssière 1926: 291. subsequent use Notes: Incorrect citation of "Saunders" as author.

Common Names

• mammoth scale Lounsb1908

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 3 | Genera: 5

Foes:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Watson2022: pp.335 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidoproctus in eastern and southern Africa]

Remarks

• Systematics: Newstead described from Africa two margarodine species bearing the species epithet maximus. Newstead (1911) described Aspidoproctus maximus, which is Homonym and Synonym of the species Aspidoproctus maximus (Lounsbury, 1908). Newstead (1914) described Icerya maxima, which is a different species, currently known as Gigantococcus maximus (Newstead, 1914).
• Structure: This species ranks as one of the largest species of scale insects, the adult female is up to 33 mm long, 25 mm wide and 15 mm high. Photograph of general appearance of adult female by Lounsbury (1908), Newstead (1911a) and by Morrison (1928).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female, adult male and nymph by Morrison (1928). Ben-Dov's distribution record of the species in Kenya, based on LIndinger (1913), was in error.

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