Valid Names Results

Diaspidopus distinctus Brimblecombe, 1959 (Diaspididae: Diaspidopus)

Nomenclatural History

• Diaspidopus distinctus Brimblecombe 1959: 129. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Glenmorgan, on Homoranthus virgatus; collected July, 1957. Holotype, female, Type depository: Brisbane: Queensland Museum, Queensland, Australia; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Ecological Associates

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Structure: Scale of adult female circular, white, embedded in the mealy filaments, up to 0.8 mm. diameter, surmounted by orange coloured pellicles, loose meal up to 2.0 mm. diameter (Brimblecombe, 1959).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Brimblecombe (1959).

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