Valid Names Results

Pseudaspidoproctus fulleri (Cockerell, 1901) (Monophlebidae: Pseudaspidoproctus)

Nomenclatural History

• Monophlebus fulleri Cockerell 1901l: 223. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Natal, Pietermaritzburg, on grass heads, collected by Fuller.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
• Pseudaspidoproctus fulleri (Cockerell, 1901); Morrison 1928: 140. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Watson2022: pp.337 ( Adult (F) ) [Pseudaspidoproctus in Africa]

Remarks

• Structure: Female 7 mm long, 3 mm wide, 2.5 mm high, without cottony covering, but secreting some loose white cotton, beneath at maturity; salmon pink when live (Cockerell, 1901l).
• Biology: The female is viviparous (Brain, 1915).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Cockerell (1901l) and by Brain (1915).

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