Valid Names Results

Parlatoria mytilaspiformis Green, 1899 (Diaspididae: Parlatoria)

Nomenclatural History

• Parlatoria mytilaspiformis Green 1899a: 164-165. Type data: SRI LANKA: Pundaluoya, on Psychotria thwaitesii. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Parlatoria pergandii mytilaspiformis Green, 1899; Green 1905a: 350. change in status (level)
• Parlatorea mytilaspiformis; Lindinger 1907: 20. misspelling of genus name
• Parlatoria proteus mytilaspiformis Green, 1899; Green 1908a: 35. change in status (level)
• Syngenaspis mytilaspiformis (Green, 1899); MacGillivray 1921: 251. change of combination
• Parlatoria mytilaspiformis Green, 1899; Borchsenius 1966: 193. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 10 | Genera: 13

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Chou1985: pp.222 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Parlatoria]
• McKenz1952: pp.16 ( ) [Revised key to species of Parlatoria]
• McKenz1945: pp.80 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Parlatoria]
• Fullaw1932: pp.99 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Parlatoria]

Remarks

• Systematics: P. mytilaspiformis appears to be closely related to P. pergandii, but differs in the shape of the 2nd and 3rd lobes and the location of the anal opening and vulva (McKenzie, 1945).
• Structure: Female scale brownish, semi-transparent, paler at margin; often irregularly veined. Exuviae clear yellow. Ventral scale attached a little within the margin of the dorsal scale and appearing as a ragged whitish sub-marginal zone on the upturned scale cover. Male scale elongate, median area depressed (Green, 1899a).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Green (1899a).

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