Valid Names Results

Selenaspidus littoralis Mamet, 1954 (Diaspididae: Selenaspidus)

Nomenclatural History

• Selenaspidus littoralis Mamet 1954: 81. Type data: MADAGASCAR: Montagne d'Ambre, on Dracaena sp., Fort-Dauphin, on Cycas thouarsi.. Syntypes, unknown, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Mamet1962: pp.158 ( Adult (F) ) [Afrotropical]

Remarks

• Structure: Scale of female, flat, buff-coloured, of fragile texture, somewhat translucent; exuviae subcentral, somewhat shiny, darker than the rest of scale; larval exuvia with a white, ring-like elevation at centre. Scale of male not observed (Mamet 1958a).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Mamet (1953, 1958a).

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