Valid Names Results

Mesoselenaspidus andersoni Fonseca, 1969 (Diaspididae: Mesoselenaspidus)

Nomenclatural History

• Mesoselenaspidus andersoni Fonseca 1969: 16. Type data: BRAZIL: Sao Paolo, Juqui, on Nectandra myriantha.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Sao Paulo: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil; Sao Paulo: Instituto Biologico de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Structure: Female scale moderately convex; circular or slightly elongate; light-greyish in colour; exuviae placed laterally. Male scale elongate, 1 mm long, 0.5 mm wide (Fonseca, 1969).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Fonseca (1969).

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