Valid Names Results

Conchaspis socialis Green, 1896 (Conchaspididae: Conchaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Conchaspis socialis Green 1896e: 20. Type data: SRI LANKA [=CEYLON]: Tangalla, on unidentified shrub.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Takagi1997: pp.42 ( Adult (F) ) [Asia]
• Takagi1997: pp.42 ( Second instar (F) ) [Asia]
• Takagi1997: pp.42 ( First instar ) [Asia]
• BenDov1974a: pp.372 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
• Mamet1954b: pp.239 ( Adult (F) ) [World]

Remarks

• Systematics: Adult male Conchaspis socialis differ from those of the other species of Conchaspididae in having much broader antennae and in having the distal end of each tibio-tarsus slightly swollen. (Hodgson, 2020)
• Structure: Scale of female comparatively large; circular; rounded to bluntly conical above; firm, opaque and closely felted; outer surface greyish to greyish brown; inner surface white and smooth; diameter of mature scale about 5 mm. Scale of male white, oblong, flattened, closely felted, completely enveloping the pupa (Green, 1896e).
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Mamet (1954b). Takagi (1997) presented SEM micrographs of several structures of the adult female. Detailed description and illustration of male in Hodgson, 2020.

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