Valid Names Results
Mercetaspis baluchistanensis (Rao, 1939) (Diaspididae: Mercetaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Lepidosaphes baluchistanensis Rao 1939: 61-63. Type data: PAKISTAN: Baluchistan, Zhob District, on almond trees, ?/09/1937. Holotype, female, Type depository: New Delhi: Division of Entomology, National Pusa Collections, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Mytilococcus baluchistanensis (Rao, 1939); Lindinger 1958: 369. change of combination
- Nilotaspis baluchistanensis (Rao, 1939); Borchsenius 1966: 76. change of combination
- Mercetaspis baluchistanensis (Rao, 1939); Danzig 1993: 290. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 3
- Annonaceae
- Polyalthia amygdalina | AhmadGh1972
- Rosaceae
- Amygdalus | Borchs1966
- Prunus dulcis | Janjua1959 KazimiGh1964 | (= Prunus amygdalus)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Pakistan | Janjua1956 Janjua1959
Keys
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale brownish yellow, long, narrow, more so anteriorly than posteriorly, slightly convex dorsally, a little curved or mytiliform. Male scale more or less similar to that of female, but with sides more parallel, dirty white. Adult female body elliptical, a little broadened in the abdominal region (Rao, 1939).
- Biology: Detailed description and life history by Janjua (1956).
- Economic Importance: Miller & Davidson (1990) list this insect as a pest.
Illustrations
Citations
- AhmadGh1972: biological control, distribution, host, 89
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 76
- Janjua1956: description, distribution, economic importance, host, life history, taxonomy, 302, 311-315
- Janjua1959: distribution, economic importance, host, 237, 248
- KazimiGh1964: distribution, host, 37
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 18
- Lindin1958: taxonomy, 369
- MillerDa1990: economic importance, taxonomy, 302
- Rao1939: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 61-63
- Varshn2002: distribution, host, 52
