Valid Names Results
Contigaspis salsolae Borchsenius & Williams, 1963 (Diaspididae: Contigaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Contigaspis salsolae Borchsenius & Williams 1963a: 606. Type data: RUSSIA: Turkmenia, Bairam-Ali, on Salsola richteri, ?/08/1958, by Redzhenov. Holotype, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Notes: Paratype in BMNH. Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Amaranthaceae
- Salsola richteri | BorchsWi1963a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Turkmenistan | BorchsWi1963a
Keys
- BazaroSh1971: pp.88 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Contigaspis]
- BorchsWi1963a: pp.597 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Contigaspis]
Remarks
- Systematics: Contigaspis salsolae differs from other species in lacking circumvulvar pores and only small dorsal ducts (Borchsenius & Williams, 1963a).
- Structure: Female scale short, pyriform or almost round, strongly convex, white with yellow larval exuviae, 1.4-1.6 mm long. Scale of male nymph elongate oval, white, no ridges on top, 0.8 - 1.0 mm long (Borchsenius & Williams, 1963a).
- General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Borchsenius & Williams (1963a).
Illustrations
Citations
- BazaroSh1971: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 94-95
- Borchs1966: catalog, 82
- BorchsWi1963a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 597, 606, 610
- Danzig1993: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 358
- DanzigPe1998: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 220
- Gavril2018: reproduction, 236
- KozarWa1985: catalog, distribution, 82
