Valid Names Results

Hemiberlesia zizyphi (Hall, 1929) (Diaspididae: Hemiberlesia)

Nomenclatural History

• Aspidiotus (Hemiberlesia) zizyphi Hall 1929: 353. Type data: ZIMBABWE: Mazoe, on small branches of Ziziphus jujuba; Sinoia, on small branches of Flacourtia hirtuiscula.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Aspidiotus zizyphi Hall, 1929; Ferris 1941e: 49. change of combination
• Hemiberlesia zizyphi (Hall, 1929); Balachowsky 1948b: 298. change of combination
• Hemiberlesia ziziphi (Hall, 1929); Balachowsky 1953k: 115. misspelling of species epithet
• Hemiberlesia ziziphi (Hall, 1929); Balachowsky 1956: 105, 108, 118. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Balach1953k: pp.114-115 ( Adult (F) ) [World]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale of irregular shape, usually more or less circular in outline, diameter, 1-1.25 mm; exuviae generally a little to one side; larval exuviae very pale, but golden brown round the margin; nymphal exuviae a dark purplish brown; the whole covered by a thin dirty white secretionary film, which in some specimens masks the colour of the larval exuviae but not of the nymphal exuviae so that it appears as though there is a whitish boss surrounded by the dark colouration of the underlying nymphal exuviae; secretionary area very pale brown or dirty white; ventral scale very thin, remaining attached to the host plant. Male scale oval to elongate oval in outline; exuviae very pale, reddish brown at the margin; owing to the white secretionary covering, they appear to be surmounted by a white boss; secretionary area dirty white (Hall, 1929).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Hall (1929) and by Balachowsky (1956).

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