Valid Names Results

Diaspidiotus transcaspiensis (Marlatt, 1908) (Diaspididae: Diaspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

• Aspidiotus (Diaspidiotus) transcaspiensis Marlatt 1908c: 21. Type data: TURKMENISTAN: C. Ahnger, Ashkhabad, on dried bark of Populus; collected November 1898.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Aspidiotus transcaspiensis Marlatt, 1908; Sanders 1909a: 53. change of combination
• Hendaspidiotus transcaspiensis (Marlatt, 1908); MacGillivray 1921: 440. change of combination
• Diaspidiotus transcaspiensis (Marlatt, 1908); Borchsenius 1950b: 229. change of combination
• Diaspidiotus trancaspiensis (Marlatt, 1908); Borchsenius 1950b: 229. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 5 | Genera: 7

Foes:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MoghadWa2021: pp.78-79 ( Adult (F) ) [Diaspidiotus in Iran]
• Danzig1993: pp.179-182 ( Adult (F) ) [Europe]
• BazaroSh1971: pp.198 ( Adult (F) ) [Central Asia]
• Balach1950b: pp.492 ( Adult (F) ) [Mediterranean]
• Archan1937: pp.99 ( Adult (F) ) [Central Asia]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale subcircular, 1.5 mm in diameter, of a yellowish or buff color; exuviae orange, exposed when rubbed or old. Male scale of normal oval shape, similar in colour to the female (Marlatt, 1908c). Slide-mounted adult with sclerotized prosoma. Thoracic tubercle reduced. Pygidium with 1 pair of lobes. Median lobes well-developed, with a deep notch on outer margins; median plates absent. Second lobe completely absent. (Moghaddam & Watson, 2021)
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Marlatt (1908c), Balachowsky (1950b), Bazarov & Shmelev (1971) and by Danzig (1993).

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