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Diaspidiotus perieri (Goux, 1949) (Diaspididae: Diaspidiotus)

Quadraspidiotus perieri Goux 1949: 27. Type data: FRANCE: Marseille, pinede du Lycee Perier, on leaves of Olea europaea; collected by L. Goux, 1939.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
Quadraspidiotus marani olivicola Pegazzano 1955: 314. Type data: ITALY: Florence, on leaves of Olea europaea.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Florence: Istituto Sperimentale per la Zoologia, Italy; junior synonym (discovered by DanzigPe1998, 238). Illustr.
Diaspidiotus perieri (Goux, 1949); Danzig 1993: 187. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 2

Systematics: Borchsenius (1966: 333) placed Quadraspidiotus marani olivicola Pegazzano, 1955, as a synonym of Q. marani, while Danzig (1993: 187) synonymised it with Diaspidiotus perieri Goux, 1949.
Structure: Female scale circular, about 2 mm in diameter; flat; placed beneath epidermis of the leaves; colour bright, yellow, similar to that of Aspidiotus nerii; exuviae central or subcentral. Male scale elongated, about 1 mm long; colour bright; exuviae subcentral (Goux, 1949).
Biology: Develops mainly on underside of olive leaves (Pegazzano, 1955).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Goux (1949), Pegazzano (1955) and by Danzig (1993).