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Diaspis cordiae (Diaspididae: Diaspididae_incertae_sedis)

Nomenclatural History

• Diaspis cordiae Rübsaamen 1906: 123. Type data: BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro, Copacabana, on Cordia curassavica, ?/07/1899. Unknown type status, unknown, incertae sedis (discovered by Borchs1966, 377). Notes: Diaspis cordiae is considered an incertae sedis.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Systematics: Rubsaamen's (1906) description is based mainly on a gall.
• Structure: Eriophyid type galls are 0.5-1.5 mm in diameter and are randomly scattered over leaf surface, but can be so dense that they crowd one another (Rubsaamen, 1906).

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