Valid Names Results

Diaspidiotus visci (Hall, 1931) (Diaspididae: Diaspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

• Aonidia visci Hall 1931: 286. Type data: ZIMBABWE: Bulawayo Park, on Viscum sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Diaspidiotus visci (Hall, 1931); Normark, et al. 2019: 61. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

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Remarks

• Structure: Adult female entirely enclosed within the nymphal exuviae. Nymphal exuviae pyriform, relatively flat, dark reddish brown in colour and coated with a thin semi-transparent dirty-white film, which extends somewhat beyond the margin. Female scale: length, 1.25 mm.; breadth, 1 mm. Male scale relatively large, more or less parallel-sided and rounded at either extremity. Length, 1.4 mm.; breadth, 0.6 mm. (Hall, 1931).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Hall (1931) and by Balachowsky (1958b).

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