Valid Names Results
Lindingaspis penniseti Hall, 1946 (Diaspididae: Lindingaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Lindingaspis penniseti Hall 1946: 55. Type data: UGANDA: Kampala, on Pennisetum sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Poaceae
- Pennisetum | Hall1946
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Uganda | Hall1946
Keys
- Willia1963b: pp.12 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
- Balach1958b: pp.166 ( Adult (F) ) [Africa]
- McKenz1950: pp.108 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
Remarks
- Structure: Scale of the female large, ranging 3-4 mm in diameter, somewhat subcircular; dull gray-brown in color with exuvia dark brown to almost black; entire surface coated with a gray secretionary material; undersurface a dark bluish-brown. Male scale smaller and more elongate but similar in color to that of the adult female (McKenzie, 1950).
- Biology: Occurring on the stems of the host (McKenzie, 1950).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Hall (1946) and by McKenzie (1950).
Illustrations
Citations
- Balach1953c: taxonomy, 110
- Balach1958b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 166,176-178
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 585-586
- Borchs1966: catalog, 343
- Hall1946: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 55-57
- Lindin1957: taxonomy, 550
- McKenz1950: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 103-104,117
- Willia1963b: taxonomy, 12
