Valid Names Results

Lepidosaphes ambigua Rutherford, 1914 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Nomenclatural History

Lepidosaphes ambigua Rutherford 1914: 264-265. Type data: SRI LANKA: on Mesua ferrea. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paradeniya: Horticultural Crop Research and Development Institute, Sri Lanka; accepted valid name
Scrupulaspis ambigua (Rutherford, 1914); MacGillivray 1921: 288. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Calophyllaceae

Mesua ferrea | Ruther1914

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Sri Lanka | Ruther1914

Keys

MacGil1921: pp.288 ( ) [Key to species of Scrupulaspis] Key as: Scrupulaspis

Remarks

Structure: Adult female several times as long as broad. Segments in front of the pygidium laterally distinct. Pygidium with prominent marginal pores. Body tapering cephalad to a blunt point (Rutherford, 1914).
General Remarks: Best description by Rutherford (1914).

Illustrations

Citations

Ali1969a: distribution, host, 56
Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 47
DoAC1923: distribution, host, 47
Green1922: distribution, host, 463
Green1937: catalog, distribution, host, 328
MacGil1921: description, distribution, taxonomy, 288
Ramakr1921a: catalog, distribution, host, 360
Ruther1914: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 264-265
Varshn2002: distribution, host, 50