Valid Names Results
Dynaspidiotus regius (Brain, 1918) (Diaspididae: Dynaspidiotus)Nomenclatural History
- Aspidiotus regius Brain 1918: 121. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Province, King Williamstown, on Aloe sp.; collected by A. Kelly, March 1913.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Muntin1971,139). Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Dynaspidiotus regius (Brain, 1918); Balachowsky 1958b: 162. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Asphodelaceae
- Aloe | Brain1918 Muntin1971
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- South Africa | Brain1918 Muntin1971
Keys
- Brain1918: pp.117 ( Adult (F) ) [South Africa]
Remarks
- Systematics: Munting (1971) states that the very broad macroducts seem to be unique within the genus Dynaspidiotus.
- Structure: Female scale small, elongate, about 1.4 mm long and 0.7 mm broad, usually widest about the middle and narrowed to each end; buff in colour, with brownish exuviae showing through the thin layer of secretion; scale is somewhat translucent (Brain, 1918).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Brain (1918) and by Munting (1971).
Illustrations
Citations
- Balach1958b: taxonomy, 162
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 487
- Borchs1966: catalog, 283
- Brain1918: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 121-122
- Ferris1941e: taxonomy, 47
- MacGil1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 403
- Muntin1971: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 139-141
