Valid Names Results
Dichosoma Brimblecombe, 1957 (Diaspididae)Nomenclatural History
- Dichosoma Brimblecombe 1957: 271. Type species: Dichosoma convexa Brimblecombe by monotypy and original designation . accepted valid name
Remarks
- Systematics: Subfamily ASPIDIOTINAE Tribe AONIDIINI (Normark, et al., 2019)
The genus Dichosoma resembles Neomorgania and Mimeraspis in having the median lobes united. It differs from both genera in the absence of perispiracular disc pores, and the pygidium having long spines and great number of prominent plates (Brimblecombe, 1957).
- General Remarks: Definition and characters by Brimblecombe (1957).
Keys
- DooleyEv2012: pp.2-3 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the genera of armored scales in Australia similar to Protomorgania]
Associated References
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, pp. 454
- Borchs1966: catalog, pp. 239
- Brimbl1957: description, taxonomy, pp. 271-273
- DooleyEv2012: taxonomy, pp. 2
- MorrisMo1966: taxonomy, pp. 61
- NormarOkMo2019: taxonomy, pp. 53, 80
