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Duplachionaspis erianthi (Diaspididae: Duplachionaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chionaspis herbae Archangelskaya 1937: 136. Type data: UZBEKISTAN: Samarkand, on Erianthus ravennae, 1927. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig1993,340). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior homonym (discovered by Borchs1949b, 345). Replacement name for Chionaspis herbae Green 1899a Illustr.
• Duplachionaspis erianthi Borchsenius 1949b: 345. change of combination and replacement name Replacement name for Chionaspis herbae Archangelskaya 1937

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Danzig1993: pp.339 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Duplachionaspis]
• Balach1953g: pp.378 ( Adult (F) ) [Clef d'identification des espèces paléarctiques du g. Duplachionaspis Mc. Gill]

Remarks

• Systematics: Duplachionaspis erianthi is near D. herbae (Borchsenius, 1949b).
• Structure: Female scale elongate, widened toward posterior end, white; exuviae yellow, projecting from the narrow end of the scale, 2.9 mm long. Adult female narrow (Borchsenius, 1949b).
• Biology: Duplachionaspis erianthi overwinters in the egg stage under the scale cover of the female. Crawlers are observed in August. (Doganlar, et al., 2010)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustrations by Borchsenius (1949b) and Bazaov & Shmelev (1971).

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