Valid Names Results

Chrysomphalus ansei (Green, 1916) (Diaspididae: Chrysomphalus)

Nomenclatural History

• Aspidiotus (Chrysomphalus) ansei Green 1916f: 193. Type data: SEYCHELLES: Anse aux Pins, crowded on fronds of Cocos nucifera.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Chrysomphalus ansei (Green, 1916); MacGillivray 1921: 415. change of combination
• Chrysomphalus anseyi (Green, 1916); Lepesme 1947: 203. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• SmithPEvDo2012: pp.6-May ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of the genus Chrysomphalus based on adult females]
• McKenz1943: pp.150 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
• McKenz1939: pp.64 ( Adult (F) ) [World]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale irregularly circular or broadly ovate, diameter averaging 1.45 mm; flattish or moderately convex; very pale brownish ochreous, semitransparent; exuviae darker, central. Male scale smaller and more distinctly ovate; exuviae nearer one extremity; length 1 mm (Green, 1916f). Scale of the female thin and transparent, yellow brown, with exuviae darker brown; that of the male similar in color, somewhat elongate, exuvia toward one end (McKenzie, 1939). The USNM has 2 slides that are marked "Type Material". Contrary to McKenzie’s illustration of the species, which shows a short paraphysis in the L2-L3 interlobular space, the USNM specimens show a long, prominent paraphyses in this space on the right side of each specimen, but weaker and less conspicuous on the left side of the pygidium. (Smith-Pardo, et al., 2012)
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Green (1916f) and by McKenzie (1939).

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