Valid Names Results

Melissoaspis fisheri Ben-Dov, 2010 (Diaspididae: Melissoaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Melissoaspis fisheri Ben-Dov 2010: 51-52. Type data: MADAGASCAR: Toliara Province, Forêt de Mite, WNW Tongobory, elevation 75m, 23°31'27"S44°7'17"E, collected from galleries of Melissotarsus insularis Santschi, on undetermined host plant; collected, B.L. Fisher, 27.ii.2002.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Bet Dagan: Department of Entomology, The Volcani Center, Israel; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• SchneiGiDo2013: pp.816-817 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of ant-associated armoured scale insects (adapted from Ben-Dov, 2010)]

Remarks

• Systematics: Shape and colour of scale covering of the adult female of this species is unknown, since all specimens of the type-series were scale-less; male not observed (Ben-Dov, 2010).
• Biology: This species lives in and was collected from galleries of the ant Melissotarsus insularis Santschi (Ben-Dov, 2010; Ben-Dov & Fisher, 2010).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ben-Dov (2010).

Illustrations

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