Valid Names Results

Niveaspis lepagei Giannotti, 1942 (Diaspididae: Niveaspis)

Nomenclatural History

Niveaspis lepagei Giannotti 1942: 213-214. Type data: BRAZIL: Sao Paulo, Rondinha, on unidentified host, ?/06/1942, by O. Giannotti. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sao Paulo: Instituto Biologico de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Myrtaceae

Myrciaria dubia | Foldi1988

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Brazil

Amazonas | ClapsWoGo2001
Sao Paulo | Gianno1942

Keys

WolffKoPe2016: pp.275-277 ( Adult (F) ) [Species recorded on Myrciaria dubia in Brazil]

Remarks

Structure: Female scale circular, 1.3 mm wide, sides parallel, gray, exuviae central or subcentral, orange. Male scale similar, but clear, exuviae subcentral. Adult female 0.8 mm, elongate (Giannotti, 1942).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Foldi (1988).

Illustrations

Citations

Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 36
ClapsWoGo2001: distribution, host, taxonomy, 249
Foldi1988: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 83-84
Gianno1942: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 213-214