Valid Names Results

Maskellanna MacGillivray, 1921 (Diaspididae)

Nomenclatural History

• Maskellanna MacGillivray 1921: 276. Type species: Mytilaspis beyeriae Green by monotypy and original designation . accepted valid name
• Maskellana MacGillivray 1921: 490;. . misspelling of genus name
• Maskellana Ferris 1936a: 22;. . misspelling of genus name

Remarks

• Systematics: Subfamily DIASPIDINAE Tribe LEPIDOSAPHIDINI (Normark, et al., 2019) Maskellanna is considered the correct spelling of the generic epithet. MacGillivray (1921) in the description of the species used both Maskellanna and Maskellana. The primary treatment of the genus including the key (pg. 276) and the description (pg. 296) used Maskellanna. The index (pg. 490) used Maskellana. It seems clear that MacGillivray intended for the spelling to be Maskellanna and the spelling in the index is a lapsus. Ferris (1936a) agreed, and as the first reviser established Maskellanna as the correct spelling. Morrison and Morrison (1966) erroneously used Maskellana as the correct spelling.
• Structure: Pygidium with median pair of lobes four or more times width of median lobe apart; median and 2nd pairs of lobes minute (MacGillivray, 1921).

Keys

• MacGil1921: pp.276 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to genera of Lepidosaphini]

Associated References

• Balach1954e: taxonomy, pp. 23
• Borchs1966: catalog, taxonomy, pp. 34
• Ferris1936a: taxonomy, pp. 22
• Ferris1937a: illustration, taxonomy, pp. 4, 17
• Lindin1937: taxonomy, pp. 189
• MacGil1921: description, taxonomy, pp. 276
• MorrisMo1966: taxonomy, pp. 116
• NormarOkMo2019: taxonomy, pp. 51

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