Valid Names Results

Protomorgania koebelei Dooley & Evans, 2012 (Diaspididae: Protomorgania)

Nomenclatural History

• Protomorgania koebelei Dooley & Evans 2012: 6-7. Type data: AUSTRALIA:Victoria, Melbourne, on Pittosporum sp., 7/18/1890, by A. Koebele. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, Department of Entomology, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Systematics: This species is described with the following combination of morphological characters: perispiracular pore clusters associated with both the anterior and posterior pair of spiracles; dorsum of pygidium finely stippled,not reticulate; only one pair of pygidial lobes (L1) present, which are appressed, contiguous and joined basally; a single simple plate present on pygidium between L1 and the position of the L2 seta. (Dooley & Evans, 2012)
• Structure: Protomorgania koebelei appears to have several taxonomic traits, such as the constricted thorax, that are common to other endemic Australian genera. (Dooley & Evans, 2012)
• General Remarks: Detailed description, photographs and illustration in Dooley & Evans, 2012

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