Valid Names Results

Greeniella mesuae (Green, 1900) (Diaspididae: Greeniella)

Aonidia messuae Leonardi 1899: 205. nomen nudum (discovered by Borchs1966, 366).
Aonidia mesuae Green 1900a: 74. Type data: SRI LANKA: Peradeniya, Royal Botanic Gardens, on Mesua ferrea.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Aonidia messuae Leonardi 1900: 331. nomen nudum (discovered by Borchs1966, 366).
Aonidia messuae Fernald, 1903; Fernald 1903b: 303. misspelling of species epithet
Aonidia messuae; Fernald 1903b: 303. subsequent use Notes: Incorrect citation of "Green, Leon." as author.
Greeniella mesuae (Green, 1900); MacGillivray 1921: 460. change of combination
Greeniella messuae (Fernald, 1903); MacGillivray 1921: 460. misspelling of species epithet
Greeniella messuae; MacGillivray 1921: 460. subsequent use Notes: Incorrect citation of "Leonardi" as author.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Female scale circular, 1.25 mm in diameter; reddish brown with a paler zone marking the position of the second exuvia; secretionary area covering and extending beyond the second exuvia; first exuvia exposed, blackish, strongly convex, subcentral; second exuvia completely enclosing the adult insect, with a median convex area corresponding with the position of the larval exuviae; extremity of second exuvia with six distinct chitinous lobes by about five irregular marginal prominences, and from 3 to 5 stout spiniform squames in each interlobular space; diameter of second pellicle 1 mm. Male scale similar in size and form to that of the female, but without the pale scale (Green, 1900a).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Green (1900a).