Valid Names Results

Inchoaspis argentata (Hall, 1941) (Diaspididae: Inchoaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Poliaspis argentata Hall 1941: 231-232. Type data: ZIMBABWE: Inyanga, Nyamaziwa Falls, on Osyris abyssinica, 15/05/1939. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Inchoaspis argentata (Hall, 1941); Hall 1946a: 521. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Hall1946a: pp.521 ( ) [Key to species of Inchoaspis]

Remarks

• Structure: Scale of adult female elongate, moderately convex and much broadened posteriorly. Exuviae orange, covered by a thin film of white secretionary matter. Secretionary appendix shiny silvery white and faintly but definitely transversely striated. Ventral scale remaining attached to host. Male scale white, small, elongate, pale orange exuviae, no longitudinal carinae. Adult female pyriform and membranous with the exception of the pygidial region. Pygidium broad and flatly rounded (Hall, 1941).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Hall (1941).

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