Valid Names Results

Chionaspis comys Williams & Watson, 1988 (Diaspididae: Chionaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chionaspis comys Williams & Watson 1988: 82-85. Type data: INDONESIA: Irian Jaya, Sentani, nr Jayapura, on undetermined tree, 24/06/1959, by T. Maa. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• LagowsHo2012: pp.66 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult female Diaspididae closely related to “Chionaspis” recorded from the tropical South Pacific and New Zealand]
• WilliaWa1988: pp.80 ( ) [Key to species of Chionaspis of the Tropical South Pacific Region]

Remarks

• Systematics: Williams & Watson (1988) state that this "new species should probably be included in a new genus possessing unusual gland spines, each with 2-4 microducts, on the free abdominal segments, but is left in Chionaspis for the present."
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Williams & Watson (1988).

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