Valid Names Results

Pallulaspis retamae (Hall, 1926) (Diaspididae: Pallulaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Coccomytilus retamae Hall 1926a: 24-25. Type data: EGYPT: Wadi Ibtadi, 2 days camel ride from Helwan, on Retama raetam, 03/05/1925. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Cairo: Plant Protection Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Egypt; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Mytilaspis retamae (Hall, 1926); Lindinger 1936: 155. change of combination
• Mytilococcus retamae (Hall, 1926); Lindinger 1936: 155. change of combination
• Pallulaspis retamae (Hall, 1926); Balachowsky 1954e: 114. change of combination
• Nilotaspis retamae (Hall, 1926); Ezzat 1958: 244. change of combination
• Pallulaspis retamae (Hall, 1926); Borchsenius 1966: 75. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• EzzatAf1966: pp.398 ( ) [Key to species of Nilotaspis of Egypt] Key as: Nilotaspis retamae
• Ezzat1958: pp.244 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Nilotaspis] Key as: Nilotaspis retamae

Remarks

• Structure: Adult female body elongate oval, broadest in the middle or slightly behind, about 0.8 mm long and 0.4 mm wide, prepygidial segments indicated by intersegmental constrictions (Ezzat & Afifi, 1966).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ezzat & Afifi (1966).

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