Valid Names Results

Parlatoria phyllanthi Green, 1905 (Diaspididae: Parlatoria)

Nomenclatural History

• Parlatoria pergandii phyllanthi Green 1905a: 350. Type data: SRI LANKA: Peradeniya, on Phyllanthus myrtifolius. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
• Parlatoria proteus phyllanthi Green, 1905; Ramakrishna Ayyar 1921: 361. change of combination
• Syngenaspis pergandei phyllanthi (Green, 1905); MacGillivray 1921: 250. change of combination
• Parlatoria phyllanthi Green, 1905; McKenzie 1945: 71. change in status (level)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

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

Remarks

• Systematics: Green (1905a) states that Parlatoria phyllanthi differs from P. pergandi in the coloration of the female puparium, the secretionary area of which is pale transparent ochreous, and the exuviae bright castaneous or brownish orange, each with a broad black median fascia, 1.50 mm long.
• Structure: Male scale with fascia on exuviae greenish. 1.0 mm long. Adult female broadly oval. Pygidium with 4th lobe small, about one-quarter the size of the other lobes, 0.60 mm long (Green, 1905a).
• General Remarks: Detailed description by Green (1905a).

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