Valid Names Results

Lindingaspis opima (Silvestri, 1915) (Diaspididae: Lindingaspis)

Chrysomphalus opimus Silvestri 1915: 260. Type data: ERITREA: Nefasit, on upper side of leaves of undetermined plant.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Portici: Dipartimento de Entomologia e Zoologia Agraria di Portici, Universita di Napoli Federico II, Italy; accepted valid name Illustr.
Chrysomphalus rossi ferrandii Malenotti 1916a: 329. Type data: SOMALIA: Lugh, on leaves of Garcinia somalensis; collected November 1913.. Syntypes, female, junior synonym (discovered by Borchs1966, 343). Illustr.
Melanaspis opima (Silvestri, 1915); Lindinger 1928: 106. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender
Chrysomphalus ferrandii Malenotti, 1916; McKenzie 1939: 54. change in status (level)
Lindingaspis ferrandii (Malenotti, 1916); McKenzie 1939: 54. change of combination
Lindingaspis opimus (Silvestri, 1915); McKenzie 1946: 30. change of combination
Lindingaspis optimus (Silvestri, 1915); Balachowsky 1951: 593. misspelling of species epithet

Families: 8 | Genera: 9

Garcinia livingstonei | Maleno1916a McKenz1939 | (= Garcinia somalensis var. ferrandii)

Countries: 6

Structure: Female scale averaging 1.75 mm in diameter; predominantly orange (older scales appear more light brown than orange), with blackish exuvia usually covered with a light brown film. Male scale smaller and more elongate but similar in color to that of the female (McKenzie, 1950).
Biology: Occurring on leaves of the host (McKenzie, 1950).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Silvestri (1915), Laing (1929a), McKenzie (1950) and by Balachowsky (1958b).