Valid Names Results

Diaspidiotus kafkai (Cockerell, 1898) (Diaspididae: Diaspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

• Aspidiotus juglans-regiae kafkae Cockerell 1898d: 65. Type data: AUSTRIA: Vienna, on bark of Fraxinus excelsior; collected by Karl L. Kafka.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
• Aspidiotus (Diaspidiotus) juglans-regiae kafkae Cockerell, 1898; Cockerell 1899a: 396. change of combination
• Aspidiotus (Evaspidiotus) iuglans-regiae kafkae Cockerell, 1898; Leonardi 1900: 341. change of combination
• Aspidiotus (Evaspidiotus) juglansregiae kafkae Cockerell, 1898; Leonardi 1900: 341. change of combination
• Aspidiotus (Evaspidiotus) juglansregiae kafkae Cockerell, 1898; Leonardi 1900: 341. emendation that is justified
• Aspidiotus (Evaspidiotus) iuglans-regiae kafkae Cockerell, 1898; Leonardi 1900: 341. misspelling of species epithet
• Aspidiotus juglans-regiae kafkai Cockerell, 1898; Lindinger 1907a: 19. emendation that is justified Notes: The species was named after Karl L. Kafka.
• Aspidiotus juglans-regiae kafkae; Lindinger 1912b: 359. incorrect synonymy (discovered by Borchs1966, 332). Notes: Incorrect synonymy of Quadraspidiotus pyri.
• Aspidiotus kafkae Cockerell, 1898; Ferris 1941e: 44. change in status (level)
• Quadraspidiotus kafkae (Cockerell, 1898); Borchsenius 1966: 332. change of combination
• Diaspidiotus kafkae (Cockerell, 1898); Danzig & Pellizzari 1998: 232. change of combination

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Structure: Female scale circular, 2.5 mm diameter, flat, very dark grey or blackish, exactly the colour of the bark; exuviae subcentral or sublateral, covered, orange-reddish. Male scale small and elongate, about twice as long as broad (Cockerell, 1898d).

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