Valid Names Results

Diaspidiotus iranicus Kaussari & Balachowsky, 1953 (Diaspididae: Diaspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

• Diaspidiotus iranicus Kaussari & Balachowsky 1953: 24. Type data: IRAN: Kerman province, Chahdad, on Tamarix sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

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

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale subcircular, 1.7-2 mm; flat or slightly convex; colour dark brown, uniform, central area sometimes darker than margin; exuviae central or subcentral, brown, covered by secreted material of the adult (Kaussari & Balachowsky, 1953). Scale cover almost circular, flat or slightly convex, yellowish; bright red exuviae subcentral or central. Slide-mounted adult female with prosoma becoming sclerotised at maturity. Antennae each with 1 seta. Anterior and posterior spiracles without associated disc pores. Pygidium with 2 pairs of lobes. Median lobes (L1) large, each lobe asymmetric, rounded apically, with a conspicuous notch on outer margin; median space without plates. Second lobes (L2) small, triangular. Third lobes (L3) absent. (Moghaddam & Watson, 2021)
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Kaussari & Balachowsky (1953).

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