Valid Names Results
Rhodesaclerda McConnell, 1954 (
Aclerdidae)
Nomenclatural History
- Rhodesaclerda
McConnell
1954: 110.
Type species: Rhodesaclerda combreticola McConnell
by original designation
.
accepted valid name
Remarks
- Systematics: Rhodesaclerda is similar to Kwazulaclerda, but differs as follows (characters for Kwazulaclerda in brackets. Adult female: Sclerotized brachial plates absent (present); long tubeke anal opening absent (present) and a pair of pocketlike pouches with conical pores on apex of anal cone present (absent). Second-instar female: Multilocular disc-pores not extending laterally onto dorsum (extending onto dorsum); conical pores restricted to within pocketlike pouches (present elsewhere on anal cone as invaginated pores) and anal platelike structures present over anal opening (apparently absent). Crawler: Conelike sclerotization around anal area absent (present). Pupa: Lobes of abdoinal segment VII not extending around posterior to penial sheath (curve posteriorly around penial sheath). Adult male: Genal setae absent (present); postmesopiracular setae absent (present); membranous area on scutum approximately quadrangular (approximately triangular); without reticulations on scutum laterad to scutellum (reticulations present); arms of furca short, not nearly reaching marginal ridge anteriorly (arms of furca unusually long, extending anteriorly past marginal ridge); metepimeron present (absent); penial sheath with longitudinal ridges dorsally (absent); and aedeagus narrower than width of apex of penial sheath (broader because penial sheath more pointed). (Hodgson & Millar, 2002a)
- Structure: Test of thick, yellow wax, exposed on surface of stems of host plants. (Hodgson & Millar, 2002a)
- General Remarks: Definition and characters by McConnell (1954) and by Hodgson & Millar (2002a).
Keys
Associated References
- BenDov2006b:
catalog, taxonomy, pp. 22
- Hodgso2020:
key, pp. 199
- Hodgso2020:
diagnosis, pp. 216, 218
- HodgsoMi2002IMa:
description, description of male, key, nymph, taxonomy, pp. 469-517
- McConn1954:
description, taxonomy, pp. 110-111
- MorrisMo1966:
taxonomy, pp. 175
- Schnei2019:
key, pp. 84
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