Valid Names Results

Rolaspis carissae (Cockerell, 1902) (Diaspididae: Rolaspis)

Poliaspis carissae Cockerell 1902g: 112. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Natal, Durban, on Carissa sp., by Fuller. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Albany: New York State Museum Insect Collection, New York, USA; London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
Chionaspis (Poliaspis) carissae (Cockerell, 1902); Brain 1920: 102-103. change of combination
Trichomytilus carissae (Cockerell, 1902); Lindinger 1933a: 165. change of combination
Rolaspis carissae (Cockerell, 1902); Hall 1946a: 534. change of combination

Families: 4 | Genera: 4

Countries: 1

Systematics: Rolaspis carissae is characterized by the long microducts on the marginal pygidial macroducts, the dorsal ducts scattered across the mediodorsal area of the metathorax and the shape of the median lobes (Munting, 1965b).
Structure: Female scale about 1.8-2.0 mm long, usually straight, widest shortly behind the 2nd exuviae and somewhat abruptly narrowed and attenuated posteriorly; white, glossy with brown exuviae. Male scale very long, distinctly tricarinate; exuviae almost colorless. Adult female body long, narrow in front, almost parallel sided to the free abdominal segments, with the posterior margin regularly and broadly rounded (Brain, 1920).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Brain (1920) and Munting (1965b).