Valid Names Results

Diaspis minensis Hempel, 1918 (Diaspididae: Diaspis)

Nomenclatural History

Diaspis minensis Hempel 1918: 205-206. Type data: BRAZIL: Minas Geraes, Christina, on unidentified host. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sao Paulo: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Brazil

Minas Gerais | Hempel1918

Keys

Remarks

Structure: Female scale circular to sub-circular, barely convex, white, 1.6-1.8 mm in diameter. Exuviae exposed and nearly marginal, light brown. Adult female is widely oval, light brown, with hard derm (Hempel, 1918).
General Remarks: Best description by Hempel (1918).

Illustrations

Citations

Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 172
ClapsWoGo2001: distribution, host, taxonomy, 242-243
Hempel1918: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 205-206
Lepage1938: catalog, distribution, host, 404-405