Valid Names Results
Lepidosaphes pistaciae Archangelskaya, 1930 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)Nomenclatural History
- Lepidosaphes pistaciae Archangelskaya 1930a: 91. Type data: TURKMENISTAN: Pulihatum, on Pistacia vera, 20/07/1927, by P.G. Estifjev. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig1993,258). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name
- Mytilococcus pistaciae (Archangelskaya, 1930); Bodenheimer 1943: 7. change of combination
- Lepidosaphes pistacicola Borchsenius 1949b: 343. Type data: TURKMENISTAN: Kushka; ARMENIA: Legvaz Megrinskii, on Pistacia vera and P. mutica, 05/28/1947, by N. Borchsenius. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig1993,258). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by Danzig1993, 258). Illustr.
- Pistaciaspis pistaciae (Archangelskaya, 1930); Borchsenius 1963: 1166. change of combination
- Pistaciaspis pistacicola (Borchsenius, 1949); Borchsenius 1963: 1165. change of combination
Common Names
- yellow pistachio hard scale Bustsh1958
- yellow pistachio scale MillerDa1990
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 9 | Genera: 14
- Anacardiaceae
- Pistacia atlantica | Borchs1949b | (= Pistacia mutica)
- Pistacia chinensis | AhmadGh1972 | ssp. integerrima
- Pistacia khinjuk | Beccar1959 AhmadGh1972
- Pistacia lentiscus | ElekciKa2021
- Pistacia terebinthus | Bodenh1953 Georgh1977
- Pistacia vera | Archan1930a
- Ericaceae
- Rhododendron | Watson2002a
- Euphorbiaceae
- Stillingia | Watson2002a
- Fabaceae
- Ceratonia siliqua | SismanUl2010
- Lauraceae
- Sassafras | Watson2002a
- Orchidaceae
- Acianthus | Watson2002a
- Rhamnaceae
- Ceanothus | Watson2002a
- Rosaceae
- Malus pumila | Watson2002a
- Malus sylvestris | UlgentErYa2022
- Prunus armeniaca | Watson2002a
- Pyrus | Watson2002a
- Rosa | Watson2002a
- Sorbus | Watson2002a
- Salicaceae
- Populus | Watson2002a
- Salix | Watson2002a
Foes:
Families: 6 | Genera: 10
- Aphelinidae
- Ablerus | Mehrne2020
- Aphytis maculicornis | AhmadGh1972
- Aphytis mytilaspidis | MoghadWa2021
- Coccobius annulicornis | Mehrne2020
- Coccobius pistacicolus | Yasnos1968 | (= Physcus pistacicolus)
- Encarsia | AhmadGh1972 | (= Prospaltella)
- Camerobiidae
- Neophyllobius pistaciae | Mehrne2020
- Cheyletidae
- Cheletogenes ornatus | Mehrne2020
- Coccinellidae
- Chilocorus bipustulatus | Mehrne2020
- Exochomus nigripennis | Mehrne2020
- Cybocephalidae
- Cybocephalus fodori minor | Mehrne2020
- Encyrtidae
- Zaomma lambinus | FallahJa2017
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 16
- Afghanistan | DanzigPe1998
- Armenia | Borchs1949b TerGri1969a
- Azerbaijan | Aligey2016
- Cyprus | Georgh1977
- Georgia (Republic of) | BatsanKaKi2017 Hadzib1965
- Greece | PellizChMi2015
- Iran | Archan1937 KozarFoZa1996 Seghat1977
- Iraq | Bodenh1943
- Kazakhstan | Archan1937
- Kyrgyzstan (=Kirgizia) | Archan1937
- Pakistan | AhmadGh1972
- Syria | DanzigPe1998
- Tajikistan (=Tadzhikistan) | Bazaro1969
- Turkey | Bodenh1943 MartUyAl1995
- Turkmenistan | Archan1930a
- Ashkahabad Oblast | Bustsh1958
- Uzbekistan | DanzigPe1998
Keys
- MoghadWa2021: pp.139 ( Adult (F) ) [Lepidosaphes in Iran]
- Watson2002a: pp. ( Adult (F) ) [Expert system on a cd]
- Danzig1993: pp.247 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes]
- Balach1954e: pp.31 ( Adult (F) ) [Tableau de détermination des espèces du g. Lepidosaphes]
- Balach1954e: pp.31 ( Adult (F) ) [Tableau de détermination des espèces du g. Lepidosaphes Shimer] Key as: Lepidosaphes pistaciae forma pistacicola
Remarks
- Systematics: Balachowsky's (1954e) treatment of Lepidosaphes pistaciae "forma typica" and L. pistaciae "forma pistacicola" as subspecies has no status according to the ICZN.
- Structure: Female scale very short and broad. Margins flat, yellow-brown, to whitish, central part moderately convex, reddish-brown. Exuviae on cephalic end, first shining yellow, second dark brown, 2.0-2.3 mm long, 1.0-1.2 mm wide. Male scale narrow with parallel margins, whitish to light grey, exuviae light yellow, 0.8-1.0 mm long, 0.3 mm broad. Adult female body elliptical to pyriform (narrower on cephalic end). Segmentation fairly distinct, free margins roundly and flatly protracted, yellow (Bodenheimer, 1953).
- Biology: This scale insect completes two generations per year and overwinters as a fully developed female adult under its scale on the pistachio twigs in Iran (Mehmejad, 2020)
- Economic Importance: Miller & Davidson (1990) list this insect as a pest. This insect is considered as one of the most widely distributed and destructive scales in pistachio plantations (Mehrnejad, 2020)
- General Remarks: Detailed descriptions and illustrations by Archangelskaya (1930a, 1937), Borchsenius (1949b) and Bodenheimer (1953).
Illustrations
Citations
- AhmadGh1972: biological control, distribution, host, 89
- Archan1930a: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 82, 91-93
- Archan1937: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 69-70
- Balach1954e: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 31, 57-60
- BatsanKaKi2017: distribution, host, 259
- Bazaro1969: distribution, host, taxonomy, 32
- BazaroSh1971: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 44, 46-48
- Beccar1959: distribution, host, 79
- Bodenh1943: distribution, host, taxonomy, 7
- Bodenh1944b: distribution, 85, 86
- Bodenh1949: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 121, 131-133
- Bodenh1953: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 21-24
- Borchs1937: distribution, taxonomy, 108
- Borchs1937a: distribution, host, taxonomy, 78
- Borchs1949b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 343
- Borchs1949d: distribution, taxonomy, 205
- Borchs1950b: distribution, host, taxonomy, 181
- Borchs1963: taxonomy, 1165, 1166
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 42
- Bustsh1958: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 185, 189
- Danzig1993: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 247, 258-259
- DanzigPe1998: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 290
- Davatc1958: distribution, host, taxonomy, 40, 43
- EFSA2022f: biology, distribution, economic importance, 42, 43, 125-133
- ErlerKoTu1996: distribution, host, 57
- FallahJa2017: distribution, host, natural enemies, 30, 34
- Georgh1977: distribution, host, 152, 159
- GugliuMaMa2019: distribution, host, list, 4, 6
- Hadzib1965: distribution, host, taxonomy, 12
- HosseiNoKa2016: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 524, 532-534
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 17
- KozarFoZa1996: distribution, 67
- KozarWa1985: catalog, distribution, 86
- Lashin1956: distribution, host, taxonomy, 128
- MartUyAl1995: distribution, host,
- Mehrne2020: economic importance, 233, 242
- MehrneAk2001: economic importance, 315
- MillerDa1990: economic importance, taxonomy, 303
- Moghad2004: distribution, host, 26
- Moghad2013a: distribution, host, 39
- MoghadTa2010: distribution, 35
- MoghadWa2021: diagnosis, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, key, natural enemies, taxonomy, 11, 139, 157-158, 247
- NarzikLu1966: taxonomy, 33
- PellizChMi2015: distribution, 62,68
- RouhanVaMa2018: genetics, host,
- RouhanVaMa2018a: distribution, host, 3
- Seghat1977: distribution, host, 15
- SismanUl2010: distribution, host, 220,222
- TerGri1956: distribution, host, 50
- TerGri1962: distribution, host, taxonomy, 143
- TerGri1969a: distribution, host, 65-66
- UlgentErYa2022: distribution, host, S120
- Varshn2002: distribution, host, 53
- Watson2001: list, 177
- Watson2002a: description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, life history, taxonomy,
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 229
- Yasnos1968: biological control, distribution, 120
