Valid Names Results

Paraselenaspidus Mamet, 1958 (Diaspididae)

Nomenclatural History

• Paraselenaspidus Mamet 1958a: 418. Type species: Selenaspidus madagascariensis Mamet by original designation . accepted valid name

Remarks

• Systematics: This genus resembles Selenaspidus in the spur-shaped third lobe, but differs from it by the constriction occurring between the prothorax and mesothorax. In Selenaspidus the constriction is between mesothorax and metathorax (Mamet, 1958a).
• General Remarks: Definition and characters by Mamet (1958a).

Keys

• Mamet1958a: pp.362 ( Adult (F) ) [Selenaspidus complex]
• Mamet1958a: pp.420 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Paraselenaspidus.]

Associated References

• BenDovGe2003: catalog, pp. 700
• Borchs1966: catalog, pp. 256
• Mamet1958a: description, taxonomy, pp. 362,418-420
• MorrisMo1966: taxonomy, pp. 147
• NormarOkMo2019: taxonomy, pp. 54

2 Species