Valid Names Results
Epidiaspis zygophylli (Borchsenius, 1964) (Diaspididae: Epidiaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Parapudaspis zygophylli Borchsenius 1964: 152-153. Type data: TAJIKISTAN: Vakhshsh Valley, on Zygophyllum sp., ?/06/1944, by N. Borchsenius. Holotype, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Epidiaspis zygophylli (Borchsenius, 1964); Danzig 1993: 387. change of combination
Common Names
- Zygophyllacea scale Borchs1964
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Zygophyllaceae
- Zygophyllum | Borchs1964
Foes:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Encyrtidae
- Coccopilatus babaevi | MyartsSu1974
- Coccopilatus zygophylli | MyartsSu1975
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Tajikistan (=Tadzhikistan) | Borchs1964
- Uzbekistan | BazaroSh1971
Keys
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale convex, white or grayish-white, 1.5-1.8 mm in diameter; larval exuviae yellow, usually covered with secreted material, placed in the center or margin of scale. Adult female with 3-4, sometimes 2, disc glands next to anterior spiracles. Pygidium broadly rounded (Borchsenius, 1964).
- General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Borchsenius (1964).
Illustrations
Citations
- BazaroSh1971: distribution, host, 133
- Borchs1964: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 152, 167
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 157
- Danzig1993: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 387, 389-390
- DanzigPe1998: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 257
- Gavril2018: reproduction, 239
- KozarWa1985: catalog, distribution, 86
- MyartsSu1974: biological control, distribution, 88
- MyartsSu1975: biological control, 75
- NarzikLu1966: taxonomy, 33
