Valid Names Results

Melanaspis lilloi Schneider, Claps, Wei, Normark & Normark, 2020 (Diaspididae: Melanaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Melanaspis sp. nov Gruwell, et al. 2005. unavailable name that is placed
• Melanaspis sp undesc #2 Gruwell, et al. 2007. unavailable name that is placed
• Melanaspis sp. undesc Gruwell, et al. 2009. unavailable name that is placed
• Melanaspis ud0276 Schneider, et al. 2018. unavailable name that is placed
• Melanaspis lilloi Schneider, Claps, Wei, Normark & Normark 2020: 59. Type data: ARGENTINA: Jujuy, 30 km N Humahuaca; (22.97S, 65.39W); 2/12/2002; by L. E. Claps, P. Zamudio, L. Diaz-Briz, & P. Cabrera. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Amherst: University of Massachusetts Entomology Collection; Tucuman: Fundacion e Instituto Miguel Lillo, Universidade Nactional de Tucuman, Argentina; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: Argentina • 3 adult females; same data as holotype; USNM (D0275H) • 1 adult female; same data as holotype; USNM (D0275G) • 1 adult female; same data as holotype; USNM (D0275K) • 4 adult females; same data as holotype; UMEC (D0275I) • 1 adult female; same data as holotype; UMEC (D0275M) Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• SchneiClWe2020: pp.67-71 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidiotini in Argentina]

Remarks

• Systematics: http://zoobank.org/1559ADD4-4074-4033-B94B-4B1E4441A974 Several DNA sequences of Melanaspis lilloi have been published, including fragments of 4 loci from a paratype (D0275G): 28S, GenBank accession number KY218989.1; EF-1α, MH915714.1 and KY221286.1; CAD, MH915988.1; and COI-II, KY22069.1 and MH916394.1 (Schneider, et al., 2020) This species is very similar to M. targionoides
• Structure: Adult female presumed to secrete scale cover, not pupillarial. Appearance in life not recorded. Slide-mounted adult female 930–1610 (median 1350, holotype 1610) μm long, 820–1350 (median 1160, holotype 1330) μm wide; broadest near mesothorax. Body outline turbinate. Derm membranous throughout at maturity except for pygidium, which has characteristic dorsal sclerotized areas; sclerotization of these areas unusually heavy, such that paraphyses and basal scleroses of lobes difficult to discern clearly on some specimens. Antennae, simple, each with 1 long seta, (Schneider, et al., 2020)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Schneider, et al., 2020

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