Valid Names Results

Ledaspis reticulata (Malenotti, 1916) (Diaspididae: Ledaspis)

Dinaspis reticulata Malenotti 1916a: 343-346. Type data: Unknown. Syntypes, female, accepted valid name Illustr.
Dinaspis reticulata minor Malenotti 1916a: 346-347. Type data: SOMALIA: on Balanites somalensis, 24/09/1913. Syntypes, female, junior synonym (discovered by Borchs1966, 132). Illustr.
Chionaspis (Dinaspis) reticulata Hall 1928: 290. Type data: ZIMBABWE: Mazoe, on Capparis corymbifera, ?/09 & 10/1927. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; synonym and homonym (discovered by Hall1929, 346). Replacement name for Dinaspis reticulata Malenotti 1916 Notes: Hall (1928) described Chionaspis (Dinaspis) reticulata as new creating a junior homonym of Dinaspis reticulata Malenotti 1916a and since Hall's species has since been determined to be identical to Malenotti's, it is also a junior synonym. Illustr.
Trichomytilus reticulatus (Malenotti, 1916); Lindinger 1934: 64. change of combination
Ledaspis reticulata (Malenotti, 1916); Hall 1946a: 523. change of combination
Poliaspis reticulata (Malenotti, 1916); Lindinger 1957: 549. change of combination
Ledaspis reticulata (Malenotti, 1916); Borchsenius 1966: 132. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 3 | Genera: 3

Countries: 5

Hall1946a: pp.523 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Ledaspis]
Maleno1916b: pp.192 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Dinaspis] Key as: Dinaspis reticulata

Structure: Cover of adult female mytilaspiform, often curled and very convex. Exuviae overlapping the margin; larval exuviae golden or shiny brown; nymphal exuviae similar but covered with a thin coating of white secretionary matter. Secretionary appendix white, almost silvery white, with obscure transverse striations. Ventral scale thin. Male cover white, small with subparallel sides, either non-carinated or with the median longitudinal carina poorly developed, exuviae shiny brown to golden. Adult female elongate pyriform, narrowed anteriorly, with the frontal margin flattened (Hall, 1928).
General Remarks: Detailed descriptions and illustrations by Malenotti (1916a) and Hall (1928).