Valid Names Results

Gonaspidiotus seurati (Marchal, 1911) (Diaspididae: Gonaspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

• Aspidiotus (Hemiberlesia) seurati Marchal 1911: 71. Type data: ALGERIA: South Algeria, Garadaia, on Antirrhinum ramosissimum; collected by M. Seurat.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name
• Comstockaspis seurati (Marchal, 1911); MacGillivray 1921: 438. change of combination
• Hemiberlesia seurati (Marchal, 1911); Balachowsky 1928a: 132. change of combination
• Abgrallaspis seurati (Marchal, 1911); Balachowsky 1948b: 312. change of combination
• Gonaspidiotus seurati (Marchal, 1911); Borchsenius 1966: 302. change of combination
• Abgrallaspis seurati (Marchal, 1911); Komosinska 1969: 73. revived combination (previously published)
• Gonaspidiotus seurati (Marchal, 1911); Danzig & Pellizzari 1998: 268. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

• seurat scale AbdRabEv2021

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 5 | Genera: 6

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Komosi1969: pp.76-78 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
• Ezzat1958: pp.240 ( Adult (F) ) [Egypt]
• Balach1956: pp.16 ( Adult (F) ) [Africa]
• Balach1948b: pp.307 ( Adult (F) ) [Mediterranean]
• Balach1928a: pp.132 ( Adult (F) ) [North Africa]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale highly convex; circular or oval, 1.5-2 mm in diameter; light gray, central area yellow red; transparent (Marchal, 1911). Female scale circular, conical; exuviae brown, central; colour grey-white; covered with a little white secretion; male scale oval, narrower anteriorly; colour similar to that of female; 1.4 mm long (Balachowsky, 1948b).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Balachowsky (1948b, 1956) and by Komosinska (1969).

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