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Duplachionaspis graminella (Borchsenius, 1949) (Diaspididae: Duplachionaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chionaspis graminis; Archangelskaya 1937: 136. misidentification (discovered by Borchs1966, 130). Notes: Archangelskaya's 1937 treatment of Chionaspis graminis Green is actually a misidentification of Duplachionaspis phragmitidis (=D. graminella).
• Chionaspis graminella Borchsenius 1949b: 348. Type data: UZBEKISTAN: Bukhara, on Phragmites communis, 17/10/1927, by A. Archangelskaya. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig1993,340). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Chionaspis phragmitidis Borchsenius 1949b: 348-349. Type data: Uzbekistan: Bukhara, on Phragmites communis, 1927, by A. Archangelskaya. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by Danzig1970, 1020). Illustr.
• Duplachionaspis graminella (Borchsenius, 1949); Balachowsky 1954e: 392. change of combination
• Duplachionaspis phragmitidis (Borchsenius, 1949); Balachowsky 1954e: 384. change of combination
• Chionaspis graminellus Borchsenius, 1949; Alimdzhanov & Bronshtein 1956: 151. emendation that is unjustified Notes: This change in spelling is not technically an emendation, according to the ICZN, but rather is an incorrect change in ending for gender agreement.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 3

Foes:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MoghadWa2021: pp.109 ( Adult (F) ) [Duplachionaspis in Iran]
• Danzig1993: pp.339 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Duplachionaspis]
• BazaroSh1971: pp.105 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Duplachionaspis]
• Balach1953g: pp.379 ( Adult (F) ) [Clef d'identification des espèces paléarctiques du g. Duplachionaspis Mc. Gill]
• Borchs1950b: pp.194 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Chionaspis] Key as: Chionaspis graminella
• Borchs1950b: pp.194 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Chionaspis] Key as: Chionaspis phragmitidis

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale elongate, spindle-shaped, white; exuviae yellow or brown. Adult female oval, pygidium broad (Borchsenius, 1949b). Adult female on microscope slide pyriform and membranous. Anterior and posterior spiracles each associated with 2–5 pores. Pygidium with 2 pairs of developed lobes; median lobes (L1) divergent, each rounded apically; second lobes (L2) each bilobed, inner lobule (L2a) rounded and asymmetrical, and outer lobule (L2b) conical and small. Space between L1 without setae or gland spines. On each side, margin of segments VI and V with 3 prominences separated by indentations. (Moghaddam & Watson, 2021)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Borchsenius (1949b).

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