Valid Names Results

Leucaspis maskelli (Brittin, 1915) (Diaspididae: Leucaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Fiorinia maskelli Brittin 1915a: 157-158. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: South Island, Oamaru, on Plagianthus sp.; Bluff, on Veronica sp.; Christchurch, on Pittosporum sp.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (BoerVa1977,163). Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Anamefiorinia maskelli (Brittin, 1915); MacGillivray 1921: 377. change of combination
• Leucaspis maskelli (Brittin, 1915); Brittin 1937: 286. change of combination
• Salicicola maskelli (Brittin, 1915); Balachowsky 1953g: 161. change of combination
• Leucaspis maskelli (Brittin, 1915); Borchsenius 1966: 215. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 4 | Genera: 4

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Britti1937: pp.285 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Leucaspis]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale white, elongated, generally straight, sometimes curved; convex; first exuviae yellow, second brown and entirely enclosing the insect. Male scale white, convex, elongated, with straight narrow sides, slightly shorter than that of female. Adult female white, at first elongate, but during gestation shrinking up; very convex (Brittin, 1915a).
• General Remarks: Detailed description by Brittin (1937). Detailed redescription and illustration by Boer & Valentine (1977)

Illustrations

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