Valid Names Results

Leucaspis melicytidis Brittin, 1937 (Diaspididae: Leucaspis)

Leucaspis melicytidis Brittin 1937: 290-291. Type data: NEW ZELAND: South Island, Waipara, on Melicytus ramiflorus. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name
Leucodiaspis melicyrti (Brittin, 1937); Lindinger 1957: 550. emendation that is unjustified Notes: Kirkaldy (1904a) considered Leucaspis Signoret 1869 preoccupied by Leucaspis Burmeister, 1835, in the Hymenoptera and suggested that the Signoret name be replaced with Leucodiaspis. Ferris (1936a) rejected this, considering it unnecessary (Morrison & Morrison, 1966).
Leucaspis melicyrtides Brittin, 1937; Lindinger 1957: 550. misspelling of species epithet

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Leucaspis melicytidis related to L. pittospori, but differs by having chitinous thickenings on the pygidium of the adult and by the 3 middle groups of perivulvar pores being confluent (Brittin, 1937).
Structure: Female scale very elongate, narrow, usually slightly curved, very convex, secretion transparent white. Male scale similar, secretion pure white. Adult female very elongate with straight parallel sides (Brittin, 1937).
General Remarks: Detailed description by Brittin (1937).