Valid Names Results

Pseudoleucaspis Mamet, 1939 (Diaspididae)

Nomenclatural History

• Pseudoleucaspis Mamet 1939b: 586. Type species: Pseudoleucaspis monticola Mamet by monotypy and original designation . accepted valid name

Remarks

• Systematics: Subfamily DIASPIDINAE Tribe LEPIDOSAPHIDINI (Normark, et al., 2019) Pseudoleucaspis is related to Leucaspis by the nature of the female scale and in that the female is enclosed in the nymphal exuviae, but differs from that genus by the nature of the male scale, the absence of perivulvar pores and fimbriate plates in the adult female (Mamet, 1939b).
• Structure: Female scale elongate, narrow, glassy white, translucent, mostly occupied by the nymphal exuviae. Male scale dilated behind, different in form and broader than that of female. Adult female completely enclosed in nymphal exuviae. Pygidium with 2 pairs of lobes (Mamet, 1939b).
• General Remarks: Detailed description by Mamet (1939b).

Keys

Associated References

• Borchs1966: catalog, taxonomy, pp. 222
• Ferris1941f: illustration, taxonomy, pp. 11, 19
• Mamet1939b: description, taxonomy, pp. 586
• Mamet1954: taxonomy, pp. 71
• MorrisMo1966: taxonomy, pp. 166
• NormarOkMo2019: taxonomy, pp. 52, 64

2 Species