Valid Names Results

Rhizaspidiotus graminis Borchsenius, 1955 (Diaspididae: Rhizaspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

• Rhizaspidiotus graminis Borchsenius 1955b: 250. Type data: RUSSIA: Primorskii kray, Michailovskii region, on Arundinella sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Danzig1993: pp.228 ( Adult (F) ) [Palearctic]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale circular or subcircular, diameter 1.5-1.7 mm; convex; brown black with thin layer of white secretion; exuviae dark brown, almost black, shiny; ventral scale thick, gray-brown, lighter colour in centre (Borchsenius, 1955b).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Borchsenius (1955b), Danzig (1980b) and by Danzig (1993).

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