Valid Names Results

Dentaspis chir (Green, 1919) (Diaspididae: Dentaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chionaspis chir Green 1919c: 435-436. Type data: INDIA: Uttar Pradesh, Almora, Kumaon, on Pinus sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Lepidosaphes chir (Green, 1919); Lindinger 1933: 32. change of combination
• Dentaspis chir (Green, 1919); Borchsenius 1966: 35. change of combination

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Ecological Associates

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Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

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Remarks

• Structure: Puparium of female snowy white, smooth and shining. Exuviae reddish, often partially obscured by a layer of white secretion which is long-ovate or pyriform, rather strongly convex in transverse section. Adult female oblong ovate, narrower in front, broadly rounded behind (Green, 1919c).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Hall (1946a).

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