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Gymnaspis ficus is now Parlatoria ficus (Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1919) (Diaspididae: Parlatoria)

Gymnaspis ficus Ramakrishna Ayyar 1919a: 22. Type data: INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Combatore, Kollegal, on Ficus retusa. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Eberswalde: Institut fur Pflanzenschutzforschung, Germany; London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Aonidia ficus (Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1919); Lindinger 1937: 179. change of combination
Gymnaspis ficus Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1919; Borchsenius 1966: 208. revived combination (previously published)
Parlatoria ficus (Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1919); Normark, et al. 2019: 62. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Countries: 1

MacGil1921: pp.286 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes] Key as: Lepidosaphes ficus

Systematics: This species has generally been considered to be described by Green (1919c). However, a brief description was given by Ramakrishna Ayyar (1919a) and it predates Green's description by several months. Notes in the USNM concerning the date of publication of Ramakrishna Ayyar 1919a suggest that it was published May 30, 1919. The cover of Green (1919c) indicates that it was published in December 1919.
Structure: Scales are obscure and appear as small pale grey to green roundish dots on the leaf surface; not easily observed (Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1919a).
Biology: Parlatoria ficus was collected at an altitude of 1600 feet (Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1919a).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Green (1919c).