Valid Names Results

Duplaspidiotus tripartitus (Mamet, 1936) (Diaspididae: Duplaspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

• Pseudaonidia tripartita Mamet 1936: 90. Type data: MAURITIUS: Rose Hill, on Camellia twigs.. Holotype, unknown, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Duplaspidiotus tripartitus (Mamet, 1936); Mamet 1949: 59. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender

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Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

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Remarks

• Structure: Female scale oval to circular, 2-2.5 mm in diameter; dark brown; slightly convex; covered by the outer layers of host bark; exuviae brownish; first exuviae darker; ventral vellum represented as a whitish scar on the surface of the bark (Mamet, 1936).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Mamet (1936).

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