Valid Names Results

Dentaspis globosa (Brain, 1919) (Diaspididae: Dentaspis)

Chionaspis globosus Brain 1919: 236. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Seymour, on Euphorbia sp.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Muntin1970a,38). Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.
Unachionaspis globosus (Brain, 1919); MacGillivray 1921: 337. change of combination
Dentaspis globosus (Brain, 1919); Hall 1946a: 514, 538. change of combination
Unachionaspis globosa (Brain, 1919); Lindinger 1957: 548. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender
Dentaspis globosa (Brain, 1919); Borchsenius 1966: 35. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Scale of adult female small, about 1 mm long, very convex, almost globular, shiny white, with very pale yellowish to orange-brown exuviae. Puparium of male white, with broad median rounded ridge, exuviae pale yellow or orange. Adult female broadly oval, with the two extremities about equally rounded, thin, hyaline, with posterior margin exhibiting a series of rounded projections (Brain, 1919).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Brain (1919).