Valid Names Results
Aulacaspis phoenicis (Green, 1922) (Diaspididae: Aulacaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Diaspis phoenicis Green 1922a: 1014. Type data: SRI LANKA: Maha Illuppalama, on Phoenix zeylanica. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Aulacaspis phoenicis (Green, 1922); Green 1937: 316. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Arecaceae
- Phoenix pusilla | Green1922a | (= Phoenix zeylanica)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Iran | KozarFoZa1996
- Sri Lanka | Green1922a
Keys
Remarks
- Structure: Puparium of female broadly and irregularly ovate or subcircular, flattish, white, thin and semi-transparent. Exuviae is stramineous or very pale fulvous, eccentric, the larval pellicle often extra-marginal. Male puparium white, strongly tricarinate. Adult female oblong, sharply contracted behind the cephalothorax (Green, 1922a).
- General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Green (1922a). Moghaddam & Watson (2021) consider the presence of this species in Iran as doubtful.
Illustrations
Citations
- Ali1969: distribution, host, taxonomy, 73
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 139
- Buxton1920: host, 299
- Green1922a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 1014
- Green1937: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 316
- KozarFoZa1996: distribution, 66
- Moghad2013a: distribution, host, 17
- Ramakr1926: distribution, host, 456
- Scott1952: taxonomy, 35
- Takaha1942b: taxonomy, 39
- Varshn2002: distribution, host, 57
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 229
