Valid Names Results
Mercetaspis arthrophyti Borchsenius, 1962 (Diaspididae: Mercetaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Mercetaspis arthrophyti Borchsenius 1962b: 866. Type data: KAZAKHSTAN: Ul'kun-Kalkan Mountains, on Arthrophytum sp., 03/04/1951, by G. Matesova. Holotype, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
- haloxylon comma scale Borchs1962b
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 2
- Amaranthaceae
- Arthrophytum | Borchs1962b
- Salsola arbuscula | BazaroSh1971
- Salsola richteri | BazaroSh1971
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 3
- Kazakhstan | Borchs1962b
- Turkmenistan | DanzigPe1998
- Uzbekistan | DanzigPe1998
Keys
- Danzig1993: pp.291 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Mercetaspis]
- BazaroSh1971: pp.81 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Mercetaspis]
Remarks
- Systematics: M. arthrophyti can be told from other members of its genus by the large pygidial lobes (Borchsenius, 1962b).
- Structure: Female scale white or yellowish-white, narrow, protuberant, 1.0 mm long. Adult female body irregularly oval, more or less constricted at anterior and posterior ends (Borchsenius, 1962b).
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Borchsenius (1962b).
Illustrations
Citations
- BazaroSh1971: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 81-82
- Borchs1962b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 866, 871
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 77
- Danzig1993: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 291, 296, 298
- DanzigPe1998: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 305
- Gavril2018: reproduction, 241
- KozarWa1985: catalog, distribution, 85
- Mateso1971: distribution, 26
