Valid Names Results

Diaspis antiquorum Green, 1922 (Diaspididae: Diaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Diaspis antiquorum Green 1922a: 1011. Type data: SRI LANKA: Elephant Pass, on Euphorbia antiquorum. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Structure: Puparium of female, sub-circular, moderately convex, white, opaque, exuviae eccentric, larval pellicle bright castaneous, nymphal pellicle concealed, 2.5 mm in diameter. Adult female broadly ovate, narrower behind. Pygidium with median lobes recessed, divergent, their bases confluent, their free margins very obscurely serrate (Green, 1922a).

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