Valid Names Results

Mitulaspis funtumiae (Newstead, 1914) (Diaspididae: Mitulaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chionaspis funtumiae Newstead 1914: 310-311. Type data: UGANDA: Entebbe, on Funtumia latifolia, 27/05/1913, by C.C. Gowdey. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Mitulaspis funtumiae (Newstead, 1914); MacGillivray 1921: 358. change of combination
• Mitulaspidis funtumiae; MacGillivray 1921: 310. misspelling of genus name
• Lepidosaphes funtumiae (Newstead, 1914); Lindinger 1932f: 200. change of combination
• Mitulaspis funtumiae (Newstead, 1914); Borchsenius 1966: 94. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MacGil1921: pp.358 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Mitulaspis]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale opaque white, broadly dilated immediately behind the 2nd exuviae. Larval exuviae dull yellow, with a dusky median area. 2nd exuviae partly covered with a thin translucent secretion. Male scale opaque white, not carinated, sides bulging slightly, very narrowly pyriform or rarely parallel. Adult female narrowed in front (Newstead, 1914).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Newstead (1914). Detailed redescription and illustration by Takagi (1992b).

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