Valid Names Results

Megaspidiotus fimbriatus (Maskell, 1893) (Diaspididae: Megaspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

• Diaspis (?) fimbriata Maskell 1893b: 208. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Sydney, on Eugenia smithii; collected by Mr. Koebele from Sydney.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (DeitzTo1980,37). Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Aspidiotus fimbriatus (Maskell, 1893); Cockerell 1894g: 128. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender
• Aspidiotus virescens Maskell 1896b: 384. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, probably near Sydney, on Eugenia smithii; collected by Froggatt.. Lectotype, unknown, by subsequent designation (DeitzTo1980,44). Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; junior synonym (discovered by Ferris1941e, 49).
• Aspidiotus (Aspidiotus) fimbriatus (Maskell, 1893); Cockerell 1897i: 26. change of combination
• Aspidiotus (Evaspidiotus) fimbriatus (Maskell, 1893); Leonardi 1898a: 76. change of combination
• Aspidiotus (Evaspidiotus) virescens Maskell, 1896; Leonardi 1898c: 64. change of combination
• Aspidiotus (Evaspidiotus) virescens Maskell, 1896; Leonardi 1898a: 76. change of combination
• Megaspidiotus fimbriatus (Maskell, 1893); Brimblecombe 1954: 155. change of combination

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Structure: Female scale circular, averaging 1/13 inch in diameter; flat; very thin and papery; whitish or grey or brownish; pellicle subcentral, yellow or greenish. Male scale unknown (Maskell, 1893b).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Maskell (1893b), Brimblecombe (1954) and by Borchsenius & Williams (1963).

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