Valid Names Results
Lepidosaphes belutchistana Balachowsky, 1954 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)Nomenclatural History
- Lepidosaphes belutchistanus Balachowsky 1954e: 75-77. Type data: IRAN: Bompour, on Prosopis spicigera, ?/03/1954, by M. Sarkissian. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Mytilaspis belutchistanus (Balachowsky, 1954); Borchsenius 1963: 1168. change of combination Notes: Mytilaspis was determined to be a junior synonym of Lepitosaphes by Fernald (1903b), recreating the combination Lepidosaphes belutchistana.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 4 | Genera: 6
- Acanthaceae
- Avicennia officinalis | MoghadWa2021
- Apocynaceae
- Nerium oleander | Moghad2013a
- Periploca aphylla | Moghad2013a Seghat1977
- Arecaceae
- Nannorrhops | Moghad2013a
- Nannorrhops ritchieana | MoghadWa2021
- Fabaceae
- Acacia oshanesii | Moghad2013a
- Prosopis cineraria | Balach1954e | (= Prosopis spicigera)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 3
- India
- Rajasthan | Varshn2002
- Iran | Balach1954e KozarFoZa1996
- Pakistan | Varshn2002
Keys
- MoghadWa2021: pp.139 ( Adult (F) ) [Lepidosaphes in Iran]
- Balach1954e: pp.34 ( Adult (F) ) [Tableau de détermination des espèces du g. Lepidosaphes]
Remarks
- Systematics: Lepidosaphes belutchistana is close to L. granati (Balachowsky, 1954e).
- Structure: Female scale with parallel sides, brown (Balachowsky, 1954e). The twig-associated form is especially c.haracterized by having membranous second trullae, a character quite unusual for a member of Lepidosaphes. The leaf-associated form differs in the second trullae remarkably developed and sclerotized, with both lobules elongated, the apex of the inner lobule nearly attaining the level of the apex of the median trulla. In other features, these forms are very similar (Takagi & Moghaddam, 2005)
- General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Balachowsky (1954e). Redescription in Takagi & Moghaddam, 2005.
Illustrations
Citations
- Balach1954e: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 34, 75-77
- Borchs1963: taxonomy, 1168
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 52
- DanzigPe1998: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 282
- JoshiBaBh2024: diagnosis, 5
- Kaussa1955: distribution, host, 19
- Kaussa1964: description, distribution, host, 15
- KozarFoZa1996: distribution, 67
- KozarWa1985: catalog, distribution, 85
- Moghad2004: distribution, host, 23
- Moghad2013a: distribution, host, 36
- MoghadWa2021: diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, key, 10, 139, 142-143, 246
- Seghat1977: distribution, host, 14
- TakagiMo2005: biology, description, illustration, 48, 65, 66
- Varshn2002: distribution, host, 51
