Valid Names Results

Mercetaspis sureyana (Bodenheimer, 1941) (Diaspididae: Mercetaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Coccomytilus sureyanus Bodenheimer 1941: 66. Type data: TURKEY: Eskisehir, on small sandy hill near Plantbreeding station, on Astragalus sp., ?/04/1934 and ?/04/1939, by Bodenheimer and Bagda. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Bet Dagan: Department of Entomology, The Volcani Center, Israel; Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Nilotaspis sureyanus (Bodenheimer, 1941); Balachowsky 1954e: 118. change of combination
• Mercetaspis sureyana (Bodenheimer, 1941); Danzig 1993: 293. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MoghadWa2021: pp.170 ( Adult (F) ) [Mercetaspis in Iran]
• Danzig1993: pp.291 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Mercetaspis]

Remarks

• Systematics: Balachowsky (1954e) considered Mercetaspis sureyanus to be a junior synonym of Mercetaspis halli.
• Structure: Female scale very irregularly shaped, mainly due to mutual pressure of individuals, ham-shaped, not highly convex, pale yellow, almost transparent in the hind third. First exuviae brownish-black, 2nd exuviae bright reddish-brown. Second exuviae not invariably on the cephalic end, but often at some distance from it. Adult female 0.7-1.0 mm long and 0.3-0.6 mm wide. Female body short oval to ellipsoid, broadest about the middle (Bodenheimer, 1941).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Bodenheimer (1941).

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