Valid Names Results
Lepidosaphes afganensis Borchsenius, 1962 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)Nomenclatural History
- Lepidosaphes afganensis Borchsenius 1962b: 861. Type data: AFGHANISTAN: Kabul, on Salix sp., 13/09/1942, by A. Kostylev. Holotype, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Cornimytilus afganensis (Borchsenius, 1962); Borchsenius 1963: 1167. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Salicaceae
- Salix | Borchs1962b
- Salix acmophylla | AhmadGh1972
Foes:
Families: 4 | Genera: 6
- Aphelinidae
- Coccophagus | AhmadGh1972
- Pteroptrix chinensis | AhmadGh1972
- Coccinellidae
- Chilocorus | AhmadGh1972
- Chilocorus infernalis | AhmadGh1966 AhmadGh1972
- Sticholotis | AhmadGh1972
- Cybocephalidae
- Cybocephalus semiflavus | AhmadGh1972
- Eulophidae
- Tetrastichus | AhmadGh1972
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 3
- Afghanistan | Borchs1962b KozarFoZa1996
- Iran | KozarFoZa1996
- Pakistan | AhmadGh1966 AhmadGh1972
Keys
Remarks
- Structure: Adult female elongate, pear-shaped Female scale brownish, protuberant, transversely ribbed on top, 2.4-2.8 mm long (Borchsenius, 1962b).
- General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Borchsenius (1962b). Moghaddam & Watson (2021) consider the presence of this species in Iran as doubtful.
Illustrations
Citations
- AhmadGh1966: biological control, host, 101
- AhmadGh1970: host, 106
- AhmadGh1972: biological control, distribution, host, 85
- Borchs1962b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 861, 870
- Borchs1963: description, taxonomy, 1167
- Borchs1964: distribution, host, taxonomy, 157
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 55
- Danzig1972c: distribution, host, 582
- Danzig1993: 244
- DanzigPe1998: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 281
- KozarFoZa1996: distribution, 67
- KozarWa1985: catalog, distribution, 82
- Moghad2013a: distribution, host, 35
- Varshn2002: distribution, host, 46
- Willia1971b: taxonomy, 8
- Yang1982: distribution, illustration, 203-204
