Valid Names Results

Aulacaspis herbae (Green, 1899) (Diaspididae: Aulacaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chionaspis herbae Green 1899a: 132-133. Type data: SRI LANKA: Pundaluoya, on Panicum sp., Ischaemum ciliare, Ophismenus compositus. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Trichomytilus herbae (Green, 1899); Lindinger 1933a: 165. change of combination
• Poliaspis herbae (Green, 1899); Lindinger 1936: 154. change of combination
• Aulacaspis herbae (Green, 1899); Hall 1946a: 505. change of combination
• Chionaspis horbae Green, 1899; Borchsenius 1949b: 346. misspelling of species epithet
• Duplachionaspis herbae (Green, 1899); Balachowsky 1954e: 396. change of combination
• Phenacaspis herbae (Green, 1899); Ferris 1956: 70. change of combination
• Aulacaspis herbae (Green, 1899); Takagi 1985: 46. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 6

Foes:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• JoshiMoMe2023: pp.244-245 ( Adult (F) ) [Indian species of Aulacaspis]
• JoshiBhSa2023: pp.187 ( Adult (F) ) [Indian species of Aulacaspis]
• Hall1946a: pp.505 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Ethiopian Aulacaspis]
• MacGil1921: pp.330 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Chionaspis] Key as: Chionaspis herbae
• Cooley1899: pp.10 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Chionaspis] Key as: Chionaspis herbae
• Green1899a: pp.108 ( ) [Synopsis of Chionaspis species] Key as: Chionaspis herbae

Remarks

• Systematics: Spiracular disc pores not easily countable owing to crowding, and sometimes also owing to ventral derm overhanging part of anterior cluster; ca. 40–60 associated with each anterior spiracle, and ca. 20–46 with each posterior spiracle. (Takagi, 2015) Green (1937) stated under Chionaspis herbae: ‘Recorded also from India, Algeria and Palestine. I have a suspicion that several closely allied species may be included under the same name’. Takagi (2015) determined that Green’s suspicion should be accepted, and the distribution be questioned.
• Structure: Adult female body shape variable; at one extreme, body robust, prosoma swollen, semicircular in rough outline, and slightly wider than metathorax, abdominal segment I a little narrower than metathorax, abdominal segment II strongly lobed laterally; in other individuals, body more or less slender, fusiform or oblong, prosoma gradually or remarkable tapering anteriorly, as wide as or a little narrower than metathorax, abdominal segment II strongly or weakly lobed laterally (Takagi, 2015) Female puparium silky white, second pellicle in some examples yellowish, in others reddish brown, always partially obscured by a layer of the white secretion, moderately convex. Male puparium snowy white, sides parallel, feebly tricarinate. Adult female bright yellow, older examples tinged with red (Green, 1899a).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Green (1899a). Detailed redescription and illustration in Takagi, 2015.

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