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Chionaspis ethelae Fuller, 1897 (Diaspididae: Chionaspis)

Chionaspis Ethelae Fuller 1897b: 1344. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Western Australia, Swan River, on Eucalyptus sp., by C. Fuller. Unknown type status, female, accepted valid name Notes: Types presumed lost.
Duplachionaspis ethelae (Fuller, 1897); MacGillivray 1921: 335. change of combination
Trichomytilus ethelae (Fuller, 1897); Lindinger 1933a: 165. change of combination
Phenacaspis ethelae (Fuller, 1897); Ferris 1955d: 48. change of combination
Chionaspis ethelae Fuller, 1897; Takagi 1985: 45. revived combination (previously published) Notes: Takagi 1985 lists this as a species of Chionaspis, but states that "its generic position is indeterminate."

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

MacGil1921: pp.335 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Duplachionaspis] Key as: Duplachionaspis ethelae

Systematics: GenBank accession numbers GQ403810, GQ325550, GQ424967 and GQ424841 were previously determined to be Chionaspis ethelae, but Normark, et al., 2019, referred these numbers to an undescribed species of Anzaspis.
Structure: Female scale elongate, broad behind, exuviae reddish brown, remainder of scale dull white, about 0.1 inch long. Adult female elongate, distinctly segmented, with lateral groups of spines, particularly prominent on the 4 abdominal segments. Male puparium white, opalescent, sides parallel, distinctly tricarinate, with 2 additional and faint carinae between each lateral and the median (Fuller, 1899).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Fuller (1899).