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Conchaspis capensis (Linnaeus, 1763) (Conchaspididae: Conchaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Coccus capensis Linnaeus 1763: 17. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape of Good Hope, on Gnaphalium muricatum.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (BenDov1981c,147). Type depository: London: The Linnean Society of London, England; accepted valid name
• Conchaspis phylicae Mamet 1954b: 229. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape of Good Hope, type-material taken from herbarium material of Phylica capitata, at Stanford University Natural History Museum, California; by G.F. Ferris.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; junior synonym (discovered by BenDov1981c, 147). Illustr.
• Conchaspis capensis (Linnaeus, 1763); Ben-Dov 1981d: 147. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• BenDov1974a: pp.371 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
• Mamet1954b: pp.239 ( Adult (F) ) [World]

Remarks

• Systematics: The authentic collection of the species of Coccus described by Linnaeus is deposited with the Linnean Society of London. It includes among the various species, a single lot of scale insects labelled capensis in Linnaeus handwriting. The lectotype was selected from this lot by Douglas J. Williams (see Ben-Dov, 1981d). Paratypes of Conchaspis phylicae Mamet are deposited in MNHN. The adult males of C. capensis appear to differ from males of other species of Conchaspidae in possibly possessing (i) a pair of alar sensoria and (ii) a spinelike structure on the proximal end of the claw. (Hogson, 2020).
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Mamet (1954b) (as C. phylicae).

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