Valid Names Results

Conchaspis vaccinii Khoo, 1978 (Conchaspididae: Conchaspis)

Conchaspis vaccinii Khoo 1978: 79. Type data: MALAYSIA: Gunung Bungah Buah, Selangor, on Vaccinium malaccense.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Kuala Lumpur: Selangor Museum, Malaysia; accepted valid name Illustr.
Conchaspis malesiana Ben-Dov & Williams 1985: 67. Type data: SINGAPORE: Bukit Timah, on Apocynaceae.. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by Takagi1997, 30). Illustr.

Families: 8 | Genera: 11

Countries: 2

Structure: Scale of adult female resembling the two valves of a half-opened bivalve clasping on to the leaf stalk. Scale of immature female roughly circular in outline with a conspicuous central boss. Scale white in colour with bits of dark particles incorporated on surface. Internally, scale pure white and smooth (Khoo, 1978).
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Khoo (1978), Ben-Dov & Williams (1985) (as C. malesiana and by Takagi (1992; 1997). Good description and illustration of the first-instar nymph given by Khoo (1978). Good description and illustration of the last-instar female nymph given by Khoo (1978). Takagi (1992; 1997) presented SEM micrographs of various structures of the adult female. Takagi (1997) evaluated the intraspecific variation in some taxonomic characters of the adult female and nymphs.