Valid Names Results

Koroneaspis lonicerae Borchsenius, 1949 (Diaspididae: Koroneaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Koroneaspis lonicerae Borchsenius 1949b: 343-344. Type data: ARMENIA: Megrinskii Region, Legvaz, on Lonicera tatarica, 05/28/1947, by N. Borchsenius. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig1993,281). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Mytilococcus lonicerae (Borchsenius, 1949); Lindinger 1957: 549. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MoghadWa2021: pp.136 ( Adult (F) ) [Koroneaspis in Iran]
• Balach1954e: pp.99 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Koroneaspis]

Remarks

• Systematics: Koroneaspis lonicerae is near K. aegilopos (Borchsenius, 1949b).
• Structure: Female scale narrow, often curved, convex, dark brown, 1.8-2.5 mm long, 0.5-0.8 mm wide; exuviae brown, shining. Adult female oval or elongate oval, lateral margins straight or slightly convex, pygidium wide (Borchsenius, 1949b). Slide-mounted adult female oval, membranous. Anterior spiracles each associated with 3–5 disc pores; posterior spiracles without associated disc pores. Pygidium with 2 pairs of lobes; median lobes (L1) well-developed, without notch on lateral margins, rounded, sometimes with incised apex, without median gland spines; second lobes (L2) with inner lobules (L2a) well-developed and larger than outer lobules (L2b); gland spines absent or represented by indistinct prominences. (Moghaddam & Watson, 2021)
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Borchsenius (1949b).

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