Valid Names Results
Selenaspidus ferox Lindinger, 1909 (Diaspididae: Selenaspidus)Nomenclatural History
- Selenaspidus ferox Lindinger 1909d: 7. Type data: GHANA: vicinity of Wute, on an Euphorbiaceae plant resembling Plumeria.. Holotype, unknown, Type depository: Hamburg: Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Universitat von Hamburg, Germany; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Pseudaonidia ferox (Lindinger, 1909); Sanders 1909a: 54. change of combination
- Aspidiotus (Selenaspidus) ferox (Lindinger, 1909); Vayssiêre 1913: 431. change of combination
- Stringaspidiotus celastri; MacGillivray 1921: 451. misidentification (discovered by Mamet1958a, 380).
- Selenaspidus ferox Lindinger, 1909; Borchsenius 1966: 255. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Euphorbiaceae
- Euphorbiaceae | Borchs1966 Lindin1909d Mamet1958a Vayssi1913
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Cote d'Ivoire (=Ivory Coast) | Vayssi1913
- Ghana | Borchs1966 Lindin1909d Mamet1958a
Keys
- Mamet1962: pp.158 ( Adult (F) ) [Afrotropical]
- Lindin1909d: pp.4-5 ( Adult (F) ) [Genus Selenaspidus]
Remarks
- Structure: Scale of female clear brownish-grey, circular, flat; exuviae central, pale yellow in colour, with obscured border; diameter of largest observed scale 3 mm (Lindinger, 1909d).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Lindinger (1909d). Mamet (1958a) noted that no specimens of this species were available for his revision of the Selenaspidus complex.
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 773
- Borchs1966: catalog, 255
- Ferris1941e: taxonomy, 43
- Laing1929a: taxonomy, 498
- Lindin1909d: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 7-8
- MacGil1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 380,451
- Mamet1958a: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 378-380
- Sander1909a: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 54
- SchneiFiNo2019: key, taxonomy, 93
- Vayssi1913: distribution, host, 431
- WeidneWa1968: taxonomy, 178
