Valid Names Results

Lepidosaphes vermiculus Mamet, 1937 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Nomenclatural History

• Lepidosaphes vermiculus Mamet 1937: 174-176. Type data: MAURITIUS: Ilot aux Benitiers, on Cocos nucifera, 24/04/1933, by R. Mamet. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Mytilococcus vermiculus (Mamet, 1937); Lindinger 1943b: 149. change of combination
• Insulaspis vermiculus (Mamet, 1937); Mamet 1950: 32. change of combination
• Insulaspis vermicularis (Mamet, 1937); Lindinger 1957: 549. misspelling of species epithet
• Insulaspis vermicula (Mamet, 1937); Borchsenius 1963: 1173. emendation that is unjustified

Common Names

• elongate coconut scale ColonFMe1998

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Foes:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• ColonFMe1998: pp.105 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes of Puerto Rico]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale brownish, a little shining, narrow, narrower at its anterior part, convex dorsally, somewhat transparent, straight or slightly contorted. First exuviae very shiny, golden yellow, transparent, extending beyond the front of the 2nd exuviae which are longer and yellowish, with the sub-posterior margin brownish and obscured by a thin layer of secretion. Adult female yellowish, elongate, broadest across the abdominal segments, 1.0-1.3 mm long and 0.2-0.3 mm wide (Mamet, 1937).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Mamet (1937).

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