Valid Names Results

Melanaspis vilardeboi Balachowsky, 1953 (Diaspididae: Melanaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Melanaspis vilardeboi Balachowsky 1953e: 147. Type data: GUINEA: Fulaya-Kindia, on Parinarum excelsa.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

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

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale large, circular, 2.8-3.1 mm in diameter; brown black, matt; generally covered by bark of host plant; exuviae black, central or subcentral; ventral vellum white, attached to the host plant. Male scale gray; oval; bivalvate; exuvium eccentric; 1.6-1.8 mm (Balachowsky, 1958b).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Balachowsky (1953e, 1958b).

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