Valid Names Results
Balaspis faurei Hall, 1941 (Diaspididae: Balaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Balaspis faurei Hall 1941: 226-227. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Sutherland District, Cape Province, on Euphorbia sp., ?/11/1917, by J.C. Faure. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Euphorbiaceae
- Euphorbia | Hall1946a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- South Africa | Hall1946a
Keys
Remarks
- Structure: Adult female small, white, moderately to highly convex according to position; in the former case rather strongly broadened posteriorly; in the latter not so widely broadened. Exuviae amber colored. Secretionary appendix with faint irregular transverse striations. Ventral scale persistent along the lateral margins. Male scale white, with parallel sides, uncarinated (Hall, 1946a).
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Hall (1946a).
Illustrations
Citations
- Balach1954e: taxonomy, 172
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 84
- Giliom1966: catalog, distribution, host, 422
- Hall1941: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 226-227
- Hall1946a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 506
