Valid Names Results
Lepidosaphes europae Mamet, 1956 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)Nomenclatural History
- Lepidosaphes europae Mamet 1956: 133-134. Type data: EUROPA ISLAND: near buildings of the meterological station, on a halophile tree, ?/06/1951. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Insulaspis europae (Mamet, 1956); Borchsenius 1963: 1172. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Monimiaceae
- Tambourissa | Matile1978
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Comoros | Matile1978
- Europa Island | Mamet1956
Keys
Remarks
- Systematics: Lepidosaphes europae is close to L. newsteadi, from which it differs by the more numerous dorsal ducts in the submarginal and submedian groups of the abdominal segments (Mamet, 1956).
- Structure: Scale of female pale buff to dark. Male scale same color. Adult female about 1 mm long. Derm at full maturity somewhat sclerotized in frontal and ocular areas and from the posterior half of 1st abdominal segment to the 4th abdominal segments (Mamet, 1956).
- General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Mamet (1956).
Illustrations
Citations
- Borchs1963: taxonomy, 1172
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 62
- GermaiAtBa2008: distribution, 129-135
- Mamet1956: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 133-134
- Matile1978: distribution, host, taxonomy, 40, 55
