Valid Names Results
Cooleyaspis praelonga (Newstead, 1920) (Diaspididae: Cooleyaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Chionaspis praelonga Newstead 1920: 203-204. Type data: UGANDA: Bufumira Island, Sesse Islands, Lake Victoria, on unknown tree, 12/10/1918, by C.C. Gowdey. Unknown type status, unknown, accepted valid name Illustr.
- Cooleyaspis praelonga (Newstead, 1920); MacGillivray 1921: 353. change of combination
- Trichomytilus praelongus (Newstead, 1920); Lindinger 1933a: 166. change of combination
- Cooleyaspis praelonga (Newstead, 1920); De Lotto 1967a: 116. revived combination (previously published)
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 2
- Apocynaceae
- Acokanthera schimperi | DeLott1967a
- Loganiaceae
- Strychnos | DeLott1967a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Kenya | DeLott1967a
- Uganda | Newste1920
Keys
- MacGil1921: pp.353 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Cooleyaspis]
Remarks
- Structure: Female puparium very elongate, length can be 9 to 10 times the width, sides parallel, pure white in color, texture smooth and slightly polished. Exuviae pale yellowsih-brown, ventral pellicle complete. Male puparium pure white and very faintly tricarinate. Female adult very elongate, about 4 times as long as wide, cephalic margin slightly narrower than the pygidium (Newstead, 1920).
- General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Newstead (1920).
Illustrations
Citations
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 134
- BorchsWi1963: taxonomy, 362
- Brown1965: structure, taxonomy, 89-92
- DeLott1967a: distribution, host, 116
- Ferris1936a: taxonomy, 21
- Hall1946a: distribution, 546, 551
- Lindin1933a: taxonomy, 166
- MacGil1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 353
- Newste1920: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 203-204
- Watson2021: distribution, 523
