Valid Names Results

Ledaspis dura (Newstead, 1920) (Diaspididae: Ledaspis)

Chionaspis dura Newstead 1920: 205-206. Type data: UGANDA: Bufumira Island, Sesse Islands, Lake Victoria, on unknown tree, 12/10/1918, by C.C. Gowdey. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Asymmetraspis dura (Newstead, 1920); MacGillivray 1921: 361. change of combination
Chionaspis uapacae; Hall 1928: 291. incorrect synonymy (discovered by Muntin1977, 33).
Chionaspis (Dinaspis) dura Newstead, 1920; Hall 1929: 346. change of combination
Dinaspis dura (Newstead, 1920); Hall 1941: 228. change of combination
Ledaspis dura (Newstead, 1920); Hall 1946a: 504. change of combination
Poliaspis dura (Newstead, 1920); Lindinger 1957: 549. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 2

Muntin1977: pp.24 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Ledaspis from southern Africa]
Hall1946a: pp.523 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Ledaspis]
MacGil1921: pp.361 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Asymmetraspis] Key as: Asymmetraspis dura

Systematics: The large divergent lobes, the peculiar form of the antennae and the semichitinised upper portion of the body are distinguishing features of Ledaspis dura (Newstead, 1920).
Structure: Female puparium pure white, exuviae nude and of a dull orange color, elongate, convexity not greater behind the second exuviae than elsewhere. Dead adult female dusky yellow to dull orange, very elongate (Newstead, 1920).
General Remarks: Detailed redescription and illustration by Munting (1977).