Valid Names Results

Duplaspidiotus niger (Brain, 1919) (Diaspididae: Duplaspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

• Pseudaonidia nigra Brain 1919: 211. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Natal, Durban, on leaves of undetermined plant; collected by C.P. van der Merwe, 1.viii.1916.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Muntin1970a,39). Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Duplaspidiotus niger (Brain, 1919); MacGillivray 1921: 453. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Brain1919: pp.206 ( Adult (F) ) [South Africa]

Remarks

• Structure: The whole scale is beneath the epidermis of the leaf and appears as a black blister (Brain, 1919). Female scale circular or subcircular, diameter 2.5 mm; slightly convex; brown black; exuviae central; scale frequently covered by bark of host plant. Male scale unknown (Balachowsky, 1958b).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Balachowsky (1958b).

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