Valid Names Results

Rutherfordia malloti (Rutherford, 1914) (Diaspididae: Rutherfordia)

Nomenclatural History

• Chionaspis malloti Rutherford 1914: 263-264. Type data: SRI LANKA: on Mallotus philippinensis, 07/07/1914. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paradeniya: Horticultural Crop Research and Development Institute, Sri Lanka; accepted valid name
• Diaspis malloti (Rutherford, 1914); MacGillivray 1921: 306. change of combination
• Rutherfordia malloti (Rutherford, 1914); MacGillivray 1921: 323. change of combination
• Jaapia malloti (Rutherford, 1914); Lindinger 1932f: 200. change of combination
• Rutherfordia malloti (Rutherford, 1914); Borchsenius 1966: 116. revived combination (previously published)
• Tianquernaspis uniloba Young 1986: 201-203. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan, Bank of Lan-cang-jiang River, on undetermined shrub, ?/05/1955. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Shanghai: Shanghai Institute of Entomology, China; junior synonym (discovered by TakagiPoGh1989, 178).

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Families: 3 | Genera: 5

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Remarks

• Structure: Female scale more or less circular, convex, covered with hairs from the host. Exuviae eccentric, covered with secretion (Rutherford, 1914). Adult female body fusiform to broadly turbinate. L1s prominent, zygotic basally, tightly appressed (or almost fused) together throughout, or separated from each other except basally and with a pair of well-developed setae between. Lateral lobes rudimentary if present. Marginal gland spines well developed on pygidium, the posteriormost overlapping L1 dorsally (Takagi et al., 1989).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Takagi et al. (1989).

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