Valid Names Results

Diaspidiotus maleti (Vayssière, 1920) (Diaspididae: Diaspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

• Aspidiotus (Aonidiella) maleti Vayssière 1920: 257. Type data: MOROCCO: between Meknes and Fez, on leaves and twigs of olive; collected April 1919.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name
• Aonidiella maleti (Vayssière, 1920); Balachowsky 1932d: xii. change of combination
• Aspidiotus maleti Vayssière, 1920; Lindinger 1932f: 199. change of combination
• Quadraspidiotus maleti (Vayssière, 1920); Balachowsky 1950b: 462. change of combination
• Diaspidiotus maleti (Vayssière, 1920); Danzig & Pellizzari 1998: 236. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Balach1950b: pp.404 ( Adult (F) ) [Mediterranean]

Remarks

• Systematics:
• Structure: Female scale 1.5-2 mm in diameter; convex; exuviae central or subcentral, colour yellow reddish; ventral vellum almost completely closed (Vayssiere, 1920).
• Economic Importance: This species is damaging olive in Morocco and Algeria (Schmutterer et al., 1957).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Balachowsky (1950b).

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