Valid Names Results

Parlatoreopsis longispina (Newstead, 1911) (Diaspididae: Parlatoreopsis)

Nomenclatural History

Chionaspis longispina Newstead 1911: 88-89. Type data: EGYPT: Ghezireh, on Justica alba, 02/09/1910, by F.C. Willcocks. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Parlatoreopsis longispina (Newstead, 1911); Lindinger 1912b: 191. change of combination
Parlatoria chinensis; Hall 1922: 43. incorrect synonymy (discovered by Balach1953g, 832).
Anatolaspis abidini Bodenheimer 1949: 101-102. Type data: TURKEY: Antalya, on Euphorbia sp., 01/03/1939. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Bet Dagan: Department of Entomology, The Volcani Center, Israel; Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; junior synonym (discovered by Balach1953g, 829). Illustr.
Anatolaspis abedini Bodenheimer, 1949; Bodenheimer 1951: 330. misspelling of species epithet
Parlatoreopsis perplexus McKenzie 1952: 11-12. Type data: EGYPT: Cairo, on grounds of Heliopolis Palace Hotel, on Nerium oleander, 20/09/1951, by A.M. Boyce. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Balach1953g, 829). Illustr.
Parlatoreopsis longispinus (Newstead, 1911); Balachowsky 1953g: 106. emendation that is unjustified
Parlatoria longispinus (Newstead, 1911); Bajoi 1983: 9. change of combination
Parlatoreopsis longispina (Newstead, 1911); Danzig 1993: 106. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Asiatic pomegranate scale MillerDa1990
pomegranate scale AbdRabEv2021

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 22 | Genera: 35

Acanthaceae

Carlowrightia arizonica | Newste1911 | (= Justicia alba )
Justicia bracteata | AbdRabEv2021

Apocynaceae

Nerium oleander | McKenz1952

Asparagaceae

Agave americana | GhabboMo1996
Asparagus | BicheArMe2022
Ophiopogon japonicus | BicheArMe2022

Berberidaceae

Berberis virgata | AhmadGh1972

Bignoniaceae

Tecoma capensis | Bodenh1953

Cactaceae

Opuntia ficus-indica | GhabboMo1996 | (= Opuntia vulgaris)
Opuntia humifusa | AbdRabEv2021

Convolvulaceae

Convolvulus | Kaussa1970

Euphorbiaceae

Euphorbia | Bodenh1949

Fabaceae

Acacia | SismanUl2010
Acacia cultriformis | UlgentErYa2022
Albizia lebbeck | Bodenh1953
Bauhinia acuminata | GhabboMo1996
Cassia fistula | Ali1969
Robinia pseudoacacia | Bodenh1953

Lauraceae

Persea americana | BicheArMe2022 | (= Persea gratissima)
Tetranthera | BicheArMe2022

Lythraceae

Punica granatum | GhabboMo1996 Moghad2013a

Moraceae

Ficus carica | Bodenh1953
Ficus macrophylla | BicheArMe2022

Oleaceae

Jasminum | AbdRabEv2021
Jasminum fruticans | GhabboMo1996
Olea europaea | Bodenh1953

Orchidaceae

Orchis | UlgentErYa2022

Polygonaceae

Calligonum | Kaussa1955
Calligonum comosum | Matile1988
Calligonum denticulatum | MoghadWa2021 Seghat1977

Rhamnaceae

Ziziphus | Matile1988
Ziziphus spina-christi | Moghad2013a

Rosaceae

Cotoneaster | AhmadGh1972
Malus domestica | Bodenh1953
Prunus domestica | Bodenh1953
Prunus spinosa | Seghat1977
Pyrus | Bodenh1953
Pyrus communis | Bodenh1953
Rosa | Moghad2013a

Salicaceae

Salix babylonica | Bodenh1953

Santalaceae

Viscum | BicheArMe2022

Sapindaceae

Acer rubrum | UlgentErYa2022

Tamaricaceae

Tamarix | Moghad2013a

Zygophyllaceae

Zygophyllum | Moghad2013a Seghat1977

Foes:

Families: 4 | Genera: 5

Aphelinidae

Aphytis | AhmadGh1972 | (= Azotus)
Encarsia | AhmadGh1972

Coccinellidae

Chilocorus | AhmadGh1972

Cybocephalidae

Cybocephalus semiflavus | Lesche2000

Encyrtidae

Habrolepis | AhmadGh1972

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 10

Algeria | BicheArMe2022

China | Bodenh1953

Egypt | AbdRabEv2021 Newste1911

Iran | Kaussa1955 KozarFoZa1996

Iraq | DanzigPe1998

Japan | Bodenh1953

Pakistan | Ali1969

Saudi Arabia | Matile1988

Tajikistan (=Tadzhikistan) | DanzigPe1998

Turkey | Bodenh1949

Keys

Danzig1993: pp.105 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Parlatoreopsis]
Balach1953g: pp.828 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Parlatoreopsis]

Remarks

Systematics: Marlatt (1908c) described Parlatoreopsis chinensis from China on crabapple. P. longispina was described by Newstead in 1911. Hall (1922) incorrectly synonymized the two species and for quite a few decades the two were treated as such by authors like McKenzie (1945), Bodenheimer (1953) and Lindinger (1932f, 1958). In 1953g, Balachowsky determined the two to be distinct species and for the most part subsequent coccid workers agreed. However, due to the confusion of their validity, some citations for P. longispina may actually apply to P. chinensis and vice versa.
Structure: Female scale varying from broadly ovate to elongate, and usually broadest immediately behind the exuviae. The general color is pale translucent grey; but many examples are bright ochreous brown, and there are also variations between the two. Scales are so completely concealed beneath the superficial layer of the bark of host and the true character of the secretion is rendered almost invisible. Exuviae dull yellow or orange yellow, 1.0-1.25 mm long. Adult female broadly ovate, cephalo-thoracic region being as wide as the free abdominal segments. There are no parastigmatic glands. Pygidium is strongly produced and furnished with 2 pairs of lobes; median pair large and tridentate on the anterior lateral margin, the dentations being broadly rounded; 2nd pair of lobes small and dentate on the outer lateral margin only. Plates more or less rudimentary (Newstead, 1911).
Biology: The "mining" habits of the female are rather striking (Newstead, 1911).
Economic Importance: Miller & Davidson (1990) list this insect as a pest.
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Balachowsky (1953g).

Illustrations

Citations

AbdRabEv2021: distribution, host, 37
AhmadGh1972: biological control, distribution, host, 94
Ali1969: distribution, host, taxonomy, 80
Bajoi1983: distribution, host, taxonomy, 9
Balach1953g: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 829-833
BenDovHa1986: distribution, host, taxonomy, 28
BicheArMe2022: distribution, host, 508
Bodenh1949: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 101-102, 158-160
Bodenh1951: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 330
Bodenh1953: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 9, 45-48
Borchs1950b: distribution, host, taxonomy, 174
Borchs1963a: distribution, taxonomy, 257
Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 203
Borchs1973: distribution, taxonomy, 257
Danzig1972: distribution, host, taxonomy, 218
Danzig1993: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 106-107
DanzigPe1998: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 323-324
ElsebaAh2017: distribution, host, 1072
Ezzat1958: distribution, host, taxonomy, 249
Ferris1936a: taxonomy, 22
Ferris1942: taxonomy, SIV-405
FowjhaKo1999: distribution, host, 122
GhabboMo1996: description, distribution, host, 353
Hall1922: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 43-44
Kaussa1955: distribution, host, 18
Kaussa1970: distribution, host, 8
KozarFoZa1996: distribution, 68
KozarWa1985: catalog, distribution, 86
Lesche2000: biological control, 919
Lindin1912b: distribution, taxonomy, 191
Lindin1935: taxonomy, 142
Lindin1958: taxonomy, 371
MacGil1921: distribution, host, taxonomy, 355
Matile1988: distribution, host, taxonomy, 25
Matile1991: distribution, taxonomy, 140
McKenz1945: taxonomy, 53, 83
McKenz1952: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 11-12
MillerDa1990: economic importance, taxonomy, 304
Moghad2013a: distribution, host, 45
MoghadTa2010: distribution, 37
MoghadWa2021: diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 187, 248
Newste1911: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 88-89
Panis1981: distribution, 8
RaoKu1952: taxonomy, 10
RosenDe1979: biological control, distribution, 762
Seghat1977: distribution, host, 17
SismanUl2010: distribution, host, 222
Takagi1969a: distribution, taxonomy, 40
TakagiKa1966: taxonomy, 94
UlgentErYa2022: distribution, host, S121
Willco1922: distribution, host, 342