Valid Names Results
Gymnaspis grandis is now Greeniella grandis (Green, 1916) (Diaspididae: Greeniella)
Nomenclatural History
- Gymnaspis grandis Green 1916f: 194-195. Type data: SEYCHELLES: Praslin, on Lodoicea sechellarum. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Eberswalde: Institut fur Pflanzenschutzforschung, Germany; London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Phaulaspis grandis (Green, 1916); MacGillivray 1921: 465. change of combination
- Aonidia grandis (Green, 1916); Lindinger 1937: 179. change of combination
- Gymnaspis grandis Green, 1916; Borchsenius 1966: 208. revived combination (previously published)
- Greeniella grandis (Green, 1916); Normark, et al. 2019: 61. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Arecaceae
- Lodoicea maldivica | Green1916f | (= Lodoicea sechellarum)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Seychelles | Green1916f
Keys
- MacGil1921: pp.465 ( ) [Key to species of Phaulaspis] Key as: Phaulaspis grandis
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale consisting of naked nymphal exuviae, which is more or less hemispherical, jet black and highly polished, 1.5 mm in diameter. Adult female circular, pygidium projecting slightly (Green, 1916f).
- General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Green (1916f).
Illustrations
Citations
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 208
- Gaedik1971: distribution, host, 336
- Green1916f: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 194-195
- Lindin1937: taxonomy, 179
- MacGil1921: distribution, host, taxonomy, 465
- Mamet1943a: distribution, host, 160
- NormarOkMo2019: phylogeny, taxonomy, 61
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 224
