Valid Names Results

Dynaspidiotus amygdalicola (Borchsenius, 1952) (Diaspididae: Dynaspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

• Diaspidiotus amygdalicola Borchsenius 1952: 261. Type data: IRAN: Horosh-Abad, Kuh-i-Sefid, on Amygdalus sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Dynaspidiotus (Diaspidiotus) amygdalicola (Borchsenius, 1952); Kaussari 1954: 80. change of combination
• Dynaspidiotus amygdalicola (Borchsenius, 1952); Borchsenius 1966: 281. change of combination
• Abgrallaspis amygdalicola (Borchsenius, 1952); Komosinska 1969: 53. change of combination
• Dynaspidiotus amygdalicola (Borchsenius, 1952); Danzig & Pellizzari 1998: 252. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MoghadWa2021: pp.114 ( Adult (F) ) [Dynaspidiotus in Iran]
• Komosi1969: pp.76-78 ( Adult (F) ) [World]

Remarks

• Structure: The scale of the female almost circular, up to 2 mm in diameter; flat, brownish-grey or light brown, with brighter marginal part; larval exuviae central, the first brown, the second yellow (Borchsenius, 1952; Komosinska, 1969). Slide-mounted adult female almost oval. Pygidium with 2 or 3 pairs of lobes; median lobes (L1) each asymmetric, with an inconspicuous notch on outer margin; second lobes (L2) similar in shape to median lobes but smaller; third lobes (L3) smaller than L2, with outer margins denticulate. Plates well developed, as long as, or slightly longer than lobes, with fringed apices; present between lobes. (Moghaddam & Watson, 2021)
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Komosinska (1969).

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