Valid Names Results

Diaspidistis squamosa Hempel, 1937 (Diaspididae: Diaspidistis)

Nomenclatural History

Diaspidistis squamosa Hempel 1937: 27-28. Type data: BRAZIL: Sao Paulo, Araçatuba, on unidentified host, 23/06/1928. Holotype, female, Type depository: Sao Paulo: Instituto Biologico de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name
Pseudoparlatorea squamosa (Hempel, 1937); Lindinger 1943b: 219. change of combination
Diaspidistis squamosa Hempel, 1937; Wolff & Claps 2010: 226-227. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Myrtaceae

Eugenia | Lepage1938

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Brazil

Sao Paulo | Hempel1937

Keys

WolffCl2010: pp.232 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Diaspidistis, based on the characters of adult females]

Remarks

Systematics: Diaspidistis squamosa is close to D. multilobis, but can be distinguished from it by the female scale and the first pair of lobes are much wider (Hempel, 1937).
Structure: Scale of female irregular and circular. Female adult cordiform (Hempel, 1937).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Hempel (1937).

Illustrations

Citations

Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 159
Fonsec1969: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 30-31
Hempel1937: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 27-28
Lepage1938: catalog, distribution, host, 402
Lindin1943b: taxonomy, 219
SilvadGoGa1968: catalog, distribution, host, 173
Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 233
WolffCl2008: taxonomy, 73
WolffCl2010: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 226-227