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Melanaspis pistaciae Hosseininaveh & Kaydan, 2016 (Diaspididae: Melanaspis)

Melanaspis pistaciae Hosseininaveh & Kaydan 2016: 530. Type data: IRAN: Kerman, Kabotarkhan, N: 30°18 26", E: 56° 22' 51", at 1,650 m, 8/26/2012 on branches and trunk of Pistacia vera, by F. Hosseininaveh. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Tehran: Zoological Museum in the Plant Protection Department at the University of Tehran. Iran; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes. 4 females on same sllide as holotype; 5 adult females on 1 slide, Iran, Kerman, Rafsanjan,

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

MoghadWa2021: pp.166 ( Adult (F) ) [Melanaspis in Iran]
HosseiNoKa2016: pp.258 ( Adult (F) ) [Melanaspis species in the Palearctic Region]

Systematics: Melanaspis pistaciae Hosseininaveh & Kaydan closely resembles M. inopinata in having: (i) four pairs of pygidial lobes (L1, L2, L3, L4); (ii) reduced pectinae in the formula 1-2-2, with the lateralmost ones generally more developed; (iii) marginal paraphyses approximately all the same size in the formula 2-3-3, and (iv) margin of fifth abdominal segment heavily sclerotized with macroducts along its entire length. However, M. pistaciae differs from M. inopinata in having: (i) L1, L2 and L3 each with a distinct notch in the medial margin (absent in M. inopinata); (ii) margin of fifth abdominal segment with 21–31 (26) macroducts (13–19 (16) in M. inopinata); and (iii) distance from the apex of the median lobe to the anteriormost edge of the sclerotized area 0.3 times body length (0.2 in M. inopinata). (Hosseininaveh, et al., 2016)
Structure: Female scale cover large, about 2.2 mm long, robust, subcircular, convex, usually dark brown in central area, greyish brown or dark grey toward edges; larval exuviae eccentric but not marginal, colour dark; ventral scale well developed, but the greater part remains attached to the plant. Male puparium scale cover oval, about 1.8 mm long, convex anteriorly, flattened at apex, paler than female scale; larval exuviae eccentric, dark brown. (Hosseininaveh, et al., 2016)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hosseininaveh, et al., 2016.

HosseiNoKa2016: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, importance, 524
Mehrne2020: economic importance, 233, 244
MoghadWa2021: diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 166, 167, 169, 247
Takagi2019: distribution, host, taxonomy, 87