Valid Names Results
Pinnaspis minima (Green, 1908) (Diaspididae: Pinnaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Hemichionaspis minima Green 1908a: 38-39. Type data: INDIA: West Bengal, Pusa, on Ficus sp., by H.M. Lefroy. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Pinnaspis minima (Green, 1908); Laing 1929: 16. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Moraceae
- Ficus | Ali1967a Green1908a
- Ficus benghalensis | Ali1967a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- India
- Bihar | Green1908a
Keys
- MacGil1921: pp.343 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Hemichionaspis] Key as: Hemichionaspis minima
Remarks
- Systematics: Pinnaspis minima is unique in its very small size (Green, 1908a).
- Structure: Female scale whitish, almost colorless, more or less translucent. Moderately elongate, broadest across the middle. Exuviae pale yellow. Male scale white opaque, obscurely tricarinate. Exuviae very pale yellow. Adult female narrowed in front, broadest across the base of the pygidium. Median pygidial lobes closely approximated, scarcely projecting beyond margin, widest towards extremity which is strongly denticulate (Green, 1908a).
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Green (1908a).
Illustrations
Citations
- Ali1967a: distribution, host, 39
- Ali1969a: distribution, host, 65
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 113
- Efimof1937: distribution, host, 60, 99
- FerrisRa1947: distribution, host, taxonomy, 28, 36
- Fletch1919: distribution, host, 298
- Green1908a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 38-39
- Laing1929: taxonomy, 16
- Lindin1910: taxonomy, 151
- MacGil1921: distribution, host, taxonomy, 343
- Maxwel1909: distribution, 762
- Pierce1917: economic importance, 102
- Ramakr1921a: catalog, distribution, host, 353
- Varshn2002: distribution, host, 71
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 227
