Valid Names Results

Melanaspis sitreana is now Acutaspis sitreana (Hempel, 1932) (Diaspididae: Acutaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chrysomphalus sitreanus Hempel 1932: 337. Type data: CHILE: Santiago, Cerro San Cristobal, on Sitrea caustica; collected by Walther Horn, Berlin, Germany.. Syntypes, female and first instar, Type depository: Curitiba: Departamento de Zoologia, Setor de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal do Parana, Brazil; Sao Paulo: Instituto Biologico de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name
• Melanaspis sitreana (Hempel, 1932); Lepage & Giannotti 1943: 339. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender
• Melanasois sitreana; Borchsenius 1966: 352. misspelling of genus name
• Acutaspis sitreana (Hempel, 1932); González 2016: 116. change of combination

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Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 4 | Genera: 4

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Remarks

• Structure: Female scale circular or suboval, 2-2.5 mm in diameter; scale colour grey or black; exuviae eccentric, bright grey. Male scale similar in colour and form to that of female, but smaller (Hempel, 1932).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Lepage & Giannotti (1943).

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