Valid Names Results

Mitulaspis malayana Hall & Williams, 1962 (Diaspididae: Mitulaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Mitulaspis malayana Hall & Williams 1962: 23-26. Type data: MAYLASIA: Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, on Cinnamomum camphora, 04/05/01927, by G.H. Corbett. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Mitlaspis malayana; Danzig & Konstantinova 1990: 49. misspelling of genus name

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Families: 2 | Genera: 3

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Remarks

• Systematics: Mitulaspis malayana is very close to M. funtumiae, but is much smaller, of a different shape and unlike M. funtumiae in possessing perivulvar pores and gland tubercles on the thoracic segments (Hall & Williams, 1962).
• Structure: Scale of adult female low convex, very broadly pyriform, almost circular, opaque white, but usually appearing dark brown owing to incorporated matter. Exuviae set marginally, golden yellow, masked by a thin film of white secretionary matter. In some examples the scale shows indications of fluting. Male scale white, rounded at either end, slightly wider about the middle, uncarinated. Adult female about 1.0 mm wide, broadly ovate, membranous with clearly demarked thoracic and abdominal segmentation (Hall & Williams, 1962).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Hall & Williams (1962).

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