Valid Names Results

Melanaspis chrysobalani (Leonardi, 1914) (Diaspididae: Melanaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Aonidiella chrysobalani Leonardi 1914: 207. Type data: SENEGAL: Dakar, on Chrysobalanus sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Portici: Dipartimento de Entomologia e Zoologia Agraria di Portici, Universita di Napoli Federico II, Italy; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Pseudischnaspis chrysobalani (Leonardi, 1914); Lindinger 1937: 194. change of combination
• Melanaspis chrysobalani (Leonardi, 1914); Hall 1946: 62. change of combination
• Melanaspis gliricidiae Hall 1946: 60. Type data: SIERRA LEONE: Njala, on Gliricidia maculata.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by Balach1958b, 194). Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Balach1958b: pp.194 ( Adult (F) ) [Africa]
• Hall1946: pp.62 ( Adult (F) ) [Africa]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale irregularly oval, convex; exuviae black, placed more or less towards margin; secreted part of scale compact, white grey; ventral vellum well developed, robust, white; 1-2 mm long (Leonardi, 1914).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Leonardi (1914), Hall (1946) and by Balachowsky (1958b).

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