Valid Names Results
Diaspis carissae Hall, 1928 (Diaspididae: Diaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Diaspis carissae Hall 1928: 278-279. Type data: ZIMBABWE: Umtali, on Carissa edulis var. tomentosa. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Apocynaceae
- Carissa spinarum | Hall1928 | (= Carissa edulis)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Zimbabwe | Hall1928
Keys
- Hall1946a: pp.516 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Diaspis]
Remarks
- Systematics: Diaspis carissae is near Diaspis regularis (=Umbaspis regularis), but differs from it in the absence of the conspicuous tooth-like prominence on each side of the pygidium. It possesses the same projecting pores simulating lobes as occurring in D. regularis (Hall, 1928).
- Structure: Female puparium oval, exuviae semi-transparent, delicate green or brown. Male puparium with pale brown or colorless semi-transparent exuviae, conspicuously tricarinate. Adult female oval (Hall, 1928).
- General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Hall (1928).
Illustrations
Citations
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 169-170
- Hall1928: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 278-279
- Hall1946a: distribution, taxonomy, 516, 548
- Laing1932: taxonomy, 65
- Muntin1967a: taxonomy, 257
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 219
