Valid Names Results
Lepidosaphes antakaranae Mamet, 1959 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)Nomenclatural History
- Lepidosaphes antakaranae Mamet 1959a: 441-442. Type data: MADAGASCAR: Mt d'Ambre, Petit Lac, on an undetermined plant, 30/05/1950, by R. Mamet. Holotype, unknown, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Cornuaspis antakaranae (Mamet, 1959); Borchsenius 1963: 1168. change of combination
- Insulaspis antakaranae (Mamet, 1959); Matile-Ferrero 1978: 55. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Madagascar | Mamet1959a
Keys
- Mamet1959a: pp.382 ( ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes in Madagascar]
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale much elongated, narrow, brownish. Exuviae terminal. Adult female membranous, with cephalic extremity broadly rounded, broadest across the first abdominal segments, 0.7 mm long. Median pygidial lobes slightly divergent, fairly broad, with apical margin faintly notched once or twice on the inner side, separated from each other at base by a space equal to about the width of one of them (Mamet, 1959a).
- General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Mamet (1959a).
Illustrations
Citations
- Borchs1963: taxonomy, 1168
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 55
- Mamet1959a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 382, 441-442
- Matile1978: taxonomy, 55
