Valid Names Results
Contigaspis sarkissiani (Kaussari & Balachowsky in Balachowsky, 1954) (Diaspididae: Contigaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Paragadaspis sarkissiani Kaussari & Balachowsky in Balachowsky 1954e: 162. Type data: IRAN: Tehran, on Artemisia sp., 1953, by M. Sarkissian. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Contigaspis sarkissiani (Kaussari & Balachowsky in Balachowsky, 1954); Danzig & Pellizzari 1998: 220. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 3 | Genera: 3
- Asteraceae
- Artemisia | Balach1954e
- Boraginaceae
- Heliotropium | Seghat1977
- Fabaceae
- Astragalus | Moghad2013a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Iran | Balach1954e KozarFoZa1996 Moghad2013a
Keys
- MoghadWa2021: pp.67 ( Adult (F) ) [Contigaspis in Iran]
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale circular or subcircular, white. Exuviae more or less the length of the scale (Balachowsky, 1954e). Slide-mounted adult female subcircular, membranous. Antennae small, each with 3 short setae. Anterior spiracles each associated with 5–7 disc pores and a few microducts; posterior spiracles each with 4−7 pores. Pygidium wide, with single median lobe (L1 completely fused), very prominent, longer than wide, its margins sometimes denticulate. Second lobes (L2) and gland spines absent. (Moghaddam & Watson, 2021)
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Balachowsky (1954e).
Illustrations
Citations
- Balach1954e: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 424-427
- BazaroSh1971: taxonomy, 86
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 83
- Danzig1993: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 358, 360-361
- DanzigPe1998: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 220
- Kaussa1954: distribution, host, 162
- Kaussa1955: taxonomy, 20
- Kaussa1964: 23, 24
- KaussaBa1954: 162-164
- KozarFoZa1996: distribution, taxonomy, 66
- KozarWa1985: catalog, distribution, 85
- Moghad2004: distribution, host, 33
- Moghad2013a: distribution, host, 21
- MoghadMo2015: distribution, host, 37,39
- MoghadWa2021: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 71-72, 242
- Seghat1977: distribution, host, 11