Valid Names Results

Formosaspis takahashii (Diaspididae: Formosaspis)

Protodiaspis nigra Takahashi 1930: 25-26. Type data: TAIWAN: Suisha, on Bambus sp., ?/11/1929, by R. Takahashi. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; homonym through subsequent combination (discovered by Lindin1932f, 186). Illustr.
Leucaspis nigra (Takahashi, 1930); Takahashi 1931: 4. change of combination
Formosaspis nigra (Takahashi, 1930); Takahashi 1932: 47. change of combination
Crypthemichionaspis takahashii Lindinger 1932f: 186. change of combination and replacement name Replacement name for Crypthemichionaspis nigra Lindinger 1911
Anamefiorinia takahashii (Lindinger, 1932); Lindinger 1935: 133. change of combination
Formosaspis takahashii (Lindinger, 1932); Takagi 1970: 136. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 3

Countries: 2

Systematics: Lindinger (1932f) moved Protodiaspis nigra into Crypthemichionaspis creating a junior secondary homonym of C. nigra Lindinger 1911. The replacement name C. takahashii was not considered valid by Takahashi (1942), but Takagi (1970) reasserts it as the correct valid name for this insect.
Structure: Adult female slender, elongate, black body, irregular in form, covered in part with a thin film of secretion with the relatively large first exuviae perched at one end (Ferris, 1952a).
Biology: Formosaspis nigra occurs on the underside of the host leaves (Ferris, 1952a).
General Remarks: Description and illustration by Takahashi (1931). Detailed redescription and illustration by Ferris (1952a).