Valid Names Results

Entaspidiotus magnus (Lindinger, 1909) (Diaspididae: Entaspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

• Selenaspidus magnus Lindinger 1909d: 9. Type data: ETHIOPIA: Abyssinia, Harrar, on Euphorbia sp.. Holotype, unknown, Type depository: Hamburg: Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Universitat von Hamburg, Germany; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Pseudaonidia magna (Lindinger, 1909); Sanders 1909a: 54. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender
• Entaspidiotus magnus (Lindinger, 1909); MacGillivray 1921: 454. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• BenDov1974c: pp.28 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
• Willia1963a: pp.46 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
• Lindin1909d: pp.4-5 ( Adult (F) ) [Genus Selenaspidus]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale subcircular, greyish white to pale buff in colour, flat to slightly convex; exuviae subcentral, brownish, obscured by secretion; diameter about 3 mm. Scale of male elongate, greyish white in colour; exuviae towards one end, brownish; length about 1 mm (Mamet, 1958a).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Mamet (1958a).

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