Valid Names Results

Diaspidiotus baiati (Kaussari, 1958) (Diaspididae: Diaspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

• Quadraspidiotus baiati Kaussari 1958: 232. Type data: IRAN: near road to Shiraz-Kazeroun, altitude 2000 meters, on twigs of Daphne sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Diaspidiotus baiati (Kaussari, 1958); Danzig & Pellizzari 1998: 228. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 4 | Genera: 4

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MoghadWa2021: pp.78-79 ( Adult (F) ) [Diaspidiotus in Iran]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale circular, slightly convex; grey yellowish; thinner at margin; exuviae central or subcentral, brown, and covered with white, wax secretion; diameter 2.5-3 mm (Kaussari, 1958). Slide-mounted adult female more or less circular, membranous. Antennae each with 1 long seta. Anterior and posterior spiracles not associated with disc pores. Pygidium with 3 pairs of well-developed lobes. Median lobes (L1) well developed, each symmetrical, rounded apically, with 1 notch on each margin; space between L1 containing median plates, fringed and slightly shorter than L1. Second lobes (L2) each with 1 notch on outer margin. Third lobes (L3) same size or smaller than L2, each with 1 or 2 notches on outer margin. Plates numbering 2 between L1 and L2, and 3 between L2 and L3. Male scale cover elongate oval, convex, dark grey, with central exuviae. (Moghaddam & Watson, 2021)
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Kaussari (1958).

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