Valid Names Results

Bambusaspis delicata (Green, 1896) (Asterolecaniidae: Bambusaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Planchonia delicata Maskell 1895b: 62. nomen nudum
• Planchonia delicata Green 1896: 5. Type data: SRI LANKA: Punduloya, on Arundinaria sp. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Notes:
• Asterolecanium delicatum (Green, 1896); Cockerell 1896b: 328. change of combination
• Bambusaspis delicatum (Green, 1896); Cockerell 1902g: 114. change of combination
• Bambusaspis delicatus (Green, 1896); Tao 1999: 40. misspelling of species epithet
• Bambusaspis delicata (Maskell, 1895); Ben Dov 2006b. emendation that is justified

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Hodgso2020: pp.181-182 ( Adult (M) ) [Asterolecaniidae]
• Russel1941: pp.12-26 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Asterolecanium]
• Russel1941: pp.26-35 ( Immature (F) ) [Species of Asterolecanium]

Remarks

• Systematics: Of the known asterolecaniid adult males, that of B. delicata is easily identified by the very long setae on the antennae and by the exceptionally long apical antennal segment. (Hodgson, 2020)
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female, second stage, larva, test of male, male nymph, and third-stage male by Russell (1941).

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