Valid Names Results

Hemiberlesia mendax McKenzie, 1943 (Diaspididae: Hemiberlesia)

Nomenclatural History

• Hemiberlesia mendax McKenzie 1943: 152. Type data: GUATEMALA: on orchid.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Abgrallaspis mendax (McKenzie, 1943); Davidson 1964: 639. change of combination
• Hemiberlesia mendax McKenzie, 1943; Normark, Morse, Krewinski & Okusu 2014: 44. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 3 | Genera: 4

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WeiScNo2021: pp.17-23 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidiotini from Panama]
• SchneiClWe2020: pp.67-71 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidiotini in Argentina]
• Komosi1969: pp.76-78 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
• Davids1964: pp.639-640 ( Adult (F) ) [North America] Key as: Abgrallaspis mendax

Remarks

• Structure: Scale of the female averages 1 mm. in diameter, reddish-brown with black subcentral exuvium. Scale of the male unknown (McKenzie, 1943).
• Biology: Occurring on the leaves (McKenzie, 1943).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by McKenzie (1943) and by Komosinska (1969).

Illustrations

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