Valid Names Results
Chortinaspis inyangae Hall, 1941 (Diaspididae: Chortinaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Chortinaspis inyangae Hall 1941: 222. Type data: ZIMBABWE: Inyanga, Pungwe Falls, on undetermined grass.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Poaceae
- Poaceae | Balach1958b
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Zimbabwe | Balach1958b Hall1941
Keys
- WeiFe2011: pp.166-167 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of the genus Chortinaspis all of the world]
- Ferris1946: pp.41 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale very dark grey, almost black, coated with a thin semitransparent greyish secretionary film which shows as a narrow pale area marginally and in some cases gives a somewhat frosted appearance to the dorsal scale. Diameter of female scale 1.25-1.50 mm. Male scale resembling that of the female in colour and texture but elongate oval with the exuvium at one hand (Hall, 1941).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Hall (1941) and by Balachowsky (1958b).
Illustrations
Citations
- Balach1958b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 159-160
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 250-251
- Borchs1966: catalog, 280
- Ferris1946: distribution, host, taxonomy, 40
- Hall1941: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 222-223
- WeiFe2011: distribution, taxonomy, 165-167
