Valid Names Results
Melissoaspis reticulata Ben-Dov, 2010 (Diaspididae: Melissoaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Melissoaspis reticulata Ben-Dov 2010: 52-53. Type data: MADAGASCAR: Toliara Province, Réserve Privé Berenty, Forêt de Bealoka, Mandraré River, 14.6 km 329° NNW Amboasary, Elevation 35m, 24°57'25"S46°16'17"E, host plant not recorded; collected B.L. Fisher, 8.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: 2 | Genera: 2
- Capparaceae
- Boscia longifolia | BenDov2010
- Fabaceae
- Albizia | BenDov2010
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Madagascar | BenDov2010 BenDovFi2010
Keys
- SchneiGiDo2013: pp.816-817 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of ant-associated armoured scale insects (adapted from Ben-Dov, 2010)]
Remarks
- Structure: Body of adult female circular to oval in shape with pygidium heavily constricted near abdominal segment V; pygidial segments often compressed and forming roughly triangular projection at posterior end. (Schneider, et al., 2013)
- Biology: This species lives in Madagascar in galleries of Melissotarsus insularis Santschi, on various host plants (Ben-Dov, 2010; Ben-Dov & Fisher, 2010).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ben-Dov (2010).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov2010: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 52-53
- BenDovFi2010: distribution, ecology, host, 45-53
- SchneiGiDo2013: description, taxonomy, 812-813,816-817
