Valid Names Results

Lepidosaphes spinosa (Fuller, 1899) (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Nomenclatural History

Mytilaspis spinosa Fuller 1899: 469. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Western Australia, Swan River, on Melaleuca sp.. Syntypes, female, accepted valid name Notes: Types presumed lost. Illustr.
Lepidosaphes spinosa (Fuller, 1899); Fernald 1903b: 314. change of combination
Berlesaspis spinosa (Fuller, 1899); MacGillivray 1921: 289. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Myrtaceae

Melaleuca | Fuller1899

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Australia

Western Australia | Fuller1899

Keys

GomezM1927a: pp.292 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Berlesaspis] Key as: Berlesaspis spinosa
MacGil1921: pp.289 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Berlesaspis] Key as: Berlesaspis spinosa

Remarks

Structure: Female scale white, woolly in texture, broadly pyriform, generally curved, exuviae yellow. Adult female brown, sub-elliptical (Fuller, 1899).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Froggatt (1914).

Illustrations

Citations

Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 51
Fernal1903b: distribution, host, taxonomy, 314
Frogga1914: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 875
Frogga1915: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 47
Fuller1899: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 469
GomezM1927: taxonomy, 292
Leonar1903: distribution, host, taxonomy, 108
MacGil1921: distribution, host, taxonomy, 289