Valid Names Results

Diaspidiotus kaussari is now Diaspidiotus kaussarii Balachowsky, 1950 (Diaspididae: Diaspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

• Diaspidiotus kaussarii Balachowsky 1950b: 494. Type data: IRAN: Abe-Ali, near Teheran, on branches of Salix sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Diaspidiotus Kaussari Balachowsky, 1950; Kaussari 1955: 15. misspelling of species epithet
• Diaspidiotus kaussari Balachowsky, 1950; Borchsenius 1966: 324. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 4 | Genera: 5

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MoghadWa2021: pp.78-79 ( Adult (F) ) [Diaspidiotus in Iran]
• Balach1950b: pp.492 ( Adult (F) ) [Mediterranean]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale subcircular, very flat; diameter 2 mm; exuviae light yellow, central; secreted part white, grey in center. Male scale of similar structure, oval, grey, exuviae darker, 1.6 mm (Balachowsky, 1950b). Slide-mounted adult female pyriform; prosoma not sclerotised at maturity. Anterior and posterior spiracles without associated disc pores. Pygidium broad, with 1 pair of lobes. Median lobes (L1) each asymmetric, rounded apically, with 1 notch on outer margin; median space without plates. Second lobes (L2) very small, pointed. (Moghaddam & Watson, 2021)
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Balachowsky (1950b).

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