Valid Names Results
Rungaspis capparidis (Bodenheimer, 1929) (Diaspididae: Rungaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Diaspis capparidis Bodenheimer 1929b: 108. Type data: EGYPT: Sinai Peninsula, Wadi Isle, on Capparis galeata.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Bet Dagan: Department of Entomology, The Volcani Center, Israel; accepted valid name
- Rungaspis trabuti Balachowsky 1949c: 74. Type data: MOROCCO: on Convolvulus trabutianus.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; junior synonym (discovered by BenDov1980, 265). Illustr.
- Sinaidiaspis capparidis (Bodenheimer, 1929); Bodenheimer 1951: 329. change of combination
- Rungaspis capparidis (Bodenheimer, 1929); Borchsenius 1966: 280. change of combination
Common Names
- caparris scale AbdRabEv2021
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 10 | Genera: 12
- Acanthaceae
- Avicennia officinalis | Moghad2013a MoghadWa2021
- Amaranthaceae
- Atriplex halimus | BicheArMe2022
- Halocnemum strobilaceum | BicheArMe2022
- Anacardiaceae
- Pistacia atlantica | BicheArMe2022
- Apocynaceae
- Calotropis procera | Balach1958b
- Capparaceae
- Capparis | BenDov1980
- Capparis cartilaginea | AbdRabEv2021 | (= Capparis galeata)
- Capparis sinaica | Bodenh1929b
- Convolvulaceae
- Convolvulus trabutianus | Balach1949c Balach1951
- Fabaceae
- Colutea abyssinica | BenDov2012 | (= Colutea istria)
- Robinia | Moghad2004
- Malvaceae
- Abutilon | BenDov2012
- Polygonaceae
- Calligonum comosum | Balach1951 Moghad2004
- Zygophyllaceae
- Zygophyllum | BenDov1980 BenDov2012
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 7
- Algeria | Balach1949c Balach1951
- Egypt | BenDov1980 Bodenh1929b
- Iran | Balach1958b Moghad2004 TakagiMo2005
- Israel | BenDov1980
- Italy
- Sicily | LongoMaPe1995 Nucifo1991 Pelliz2003
- Morocco | Balach1951
- Sardinia | Pelliz2003
Keys
- MoghadWa2021: pp.215 ( Adult (F) ) [Rungaspis in Iran]
- BenDov1980: pp.268 ( Adult (F) ) [world]
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale more or less circular; light brown in colour; with eccentric rings (Bodenheimer, 1929). Female scale subcircular, flat, larval exuviae central or subcentral bright yellow; secreted scale white, 1.6 mm (Balachowsky, 1951).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Balachowsky (1949c, 1951, 1958b).
Illustrations
Citations
- AbdRabEv2021: distribution, host,
- Balach1949c: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 74-76
- Balach1951: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 572-574
- Balach1958a: distribution, host, 36
- Balach1958b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 216-218
- BenDov1980: distribution, host, taxonomy, 265-267
- BenDov2012: catalog, host, 32
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 754
- BicheArMe2022: distribution, host, 503
- Bodenh1929b: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 108
- Bodenh1951: taxonomy, 329
- Borchs1966: catalog, 280,281
- DanzigPe1998: catalog, 351-352
- LongoMaPe1995: distribution, 128
- Moghad2013a: distribution, host, 51
- MoghadWa2021: diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 215, 216-217, 250
- MohammGh2008: distribution, 153
- Nucifo1991: distribution, host, 533-536
- Pelliz2003: distribution, host, 104
- Pelliz2011: distribution, 312
- TakagiMo2005: distribution, host, taxonomy, 53-54
