Valid Names Results

Melanaspis monotes (Hall, 1929) (Diaspididae: Melanaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Aspidiotus (Aonidiella) monotes Hall 1929: 357. Type data: ZIMBABWE: Trelawney, on Monotes glaber.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Aspidiotus monotes Hall, 1929; Ferris 1941e: 46. change of combination
• Chrysomphalus monotes (Hall, 1929); Lindinger 1943b: 207. change of combination
• Melanaspis monotes (Hall, 1929); Hall 1946: 62. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

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

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale circular in outline; very highly convex, being almost as high as broad; larval exuviae dark purplish brown with a thin covering film of a white or greyish colour - this is frequently knocked off and sometimes the larval exuviae themselves are missing; nymphal exuviae and secretionary area jet black; beyond the exuviae the surface is beset by minute concentric striations or growth lines (Hall, 1929).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Hall (1929) and by Balachowsky (1958b).

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