Valid Names Results
Diaspidiotus caucasicus (Borchsenius, 1935) (Diaspididae: Diaspidiotus)Nomenclatural History
- Aspidiotus caucasicus Borchsenius 1935: 130. Type data: GEORGIA: Eastern Georgia, Rodnikovskaya station (Azovo-Chernomorskii kray), on Populus sp.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig1993,202). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Diaspidiotus caucasicus (Borchsenius, 1935); Borchsenius 1949b: 245. change of combination
- Diaspidiotus caucasicus; Lindinger 1957: 548. incorrect synonymy Notes: Incorrect synonymy with Diaspidiotus lenticularis
- Aspidiotus caucasius Borchsenius, 1935; Lindinger 1957: 545. misspelling of species epithet
- Aspidiotus caucasicus Borchsenius, 1935; Lindinger 1957: 545. revived combination (previously published)
- Diaspidiotus caucasicus (Borchsenius, 1935); Borchsenius 1966: 323. revived combination (previously published)
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 3
- Fagaceae
- Quercus | UlgentDo2019
- Salicaceae
- Populus | Balach1950b Borchs1935 Borchs1936 KaydanKoAt2009
- Populus alba | Moghad2004
- Populus canescens | BatsanKaKi2017 | (= Populus hybrida)
- Populus euphratica | JansenAl2023
- Populus gracilis | BatsanKaKi2017
- Populus nigra | Moghad2004
- Salix | KaydanKoAt2009 Moghad2004
Foes:
Families: 1 | Genera: 7
- Aphelinidae
- Ablerus atomon | Aligey2016
- Ablerus chrysomphali | Aligey2016
- Aphytis mytilaspidis | Aligey2016
- Archenomus caucasicus | Aligey2016
- Coccobius mesasiaticus | Aligey2016
- Diaspiniphagus moeris | Aligey2016 | (= Diaspiniphagus similis)
- Encarsia fasciata | Aligey2016
- Pteroptrix lauri | Aligey2016 | (= Hispaniella lauri)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 7
- Azerbaijan | Aligey2016
- Georgia (Republic of) | Balach1950b Borchs1935 Borchs1936
- Iran | Moghad2004
- Iraq | MustafZuZa2014
- Pakistan | Varshn2002
- Russia
- Caucasus | Borchs1936
- Turkey | KaydanKoAt2009 KaydanUlEr2007
Keys
- MoghadWa2021: pp.78-79 ( Adult (F) ) [Diaspidiotus in Iran]
- Danzig1993: pp.179-182 ( Adult (F) ) [Europe]
- Terezn1986: pp.97-98 ( Adult (F) ) [Ukraine]
- Balach1950b: pp.494 ( Adult (F) ) [Mediterranean]
- Borchs1935: pp.127-128 ( Adult (F) ) [Former USSR]
Remarks
- Structure: Scale of adult female circular, slightly convex. Exuviae eccentric, often situated close to anterior margin. The first exuviae brown, the second brownish. Scale in central part over exuviae is grayish-green, other part of the scale white. Diameter 1.5 mm. Scale of male is of form, common to this genus, grayish-green in colour. Length about 0.9 mm. (Borchsenius, 1935).
- Economic Importance: Schmutterer et al., (1957) noted that this species occasionally is a minor pest of Populus.
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Borchsenius (1935), Balachowsky (1950b), Tereznikova (1986) and by Danzig (1993).
Illustrations
Citations
- Balach1950b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 509-512
- BatsanKaKi2017: distribution, host, 257
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 352-353
- Borchs1935: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 128,130-131
- Borchs1936: distribution, host, 131
- Borchs1937: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 132-133
- Borchs1939: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 133
- Borchs1949d: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 245
- Borchs1950b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 227-228
- Borchs1966: catalog, 323
- Danzig1964: distribution, host, 653
- Danzig1993: description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, taxonomy, 202-203
- DanzigPe1998: catalog, 229
- Ferris1941e: taxonomy, 41
- Gavril2018: reproduction, 236
- JansenAl2023: dispersal, host, 25
- KaussaBa1953: taxonomy, 26
- KaydanKoAt2009: distribution, host, 45
- KaydanUlEr2007: catalog, distribution, host, 94
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 15
- Lindin1957: taxonomy, 545
- MillerDa1990: distribution, economic importance, host, 301
- Moghad2004: distribution, host, 16
- Moghad2013a: distribution, host, 23
- MoghadWa2021: diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, key, 78, 83-84, 242
- MustafZuZa2014: distribution, host, 153
- RzaevaYa1985: biological control, 55-58
- SchmutKlLu1957: distribution, economic importance, host, 491
- SchneiFiNo2019: key, taxonomy, 92
- Terezn1986: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 99-101
- UlgentDo2019: distribution, host, 486
- UlgentErYa2022: distribution, host, S119
- Varshn2002: distribution, host, 28
- Yasar1995a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 67-69
