Valid Names Results

Suturaspis crataegi (Bodenheimer, 1943) (Diaspididae: Suturaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Leucaspidopsis crataegi Bodenheimer 1943: 10-11. Type data: IRAQ: Shaklawa, on Crataegus monogyna, 11/10/1942. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Bet Dagan: Department of Entomology, The Volcani Center, Israel; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Suturaspis archangelskyae; Balachowsky 1953g: 889. incorrect synonymy (discovered by TakagiMo2005, 50-52).
• Suturaspis crataegi (Bodenheimer, 1943); Takagi & Moghaddam 2005: 50-52. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 4 | Genera: 6

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MoghadWa2021: pp.220 ( Adult (F) Second instar (F) ) [Suturaspis in Iran]

Remarks

• Systematics: The adult female is very similar to that of Suturaspis archangelskyae, from which it is distinguishable in the pygidium broadly rounded along the apical margin and crenulated on the entire margin; there is no trace of trullae. Each anterior spiracle is provided with one to three (or four?) quinque locular disc pores. There are no microducts laterally to the mouth-parts. In the second instar female, the median and second trullae are rudimentary and represented by low, roundish, somewhat sclerotized prominences, and there are no distinct pectinae as in S. archangelskyae. Each anterior spiracle is provided with one or two quinquelocular disc pores as in S. archangelskyae. Moreover, this species is unique and peculiar in having a pair of large fan-like processes on the ventral surface of the pygidium in the second-instar female. These processes, are called 'flabella' in Takagi & Moghaddam, 2005, and he stated that the presence or absence of flabella should be an infraspecific variation in Suturaspis crataegi.
• Structure: Slide-mounted adult female pyriform, pygidium rounded-conical at apex. Antennae each with 4 or 5 setae. Anterior spiracles each associated with 1 disc pore. Pygidium without lobes. Dorsal ducts small, few, present on margin and submargin of pygidial segments. Anal ring surrounded by large plaques, each wider and longer than anal opening; each side of pygidium with 2 small dorsal sclerotized patches. Venter completely without ducts. Second-instar female: Slide-mounted second-instar female oval. Antennae each with 4 or 5 setae. Anterior spiracles each associated with 1 disc pore, posterior spiracles without disc pores. Pygidium without lobes. Ventral pygidial surface with fan-like processes. Dorsal and ventral macroducts numerous over most of body. (Moghaddam & Watson, 2021)
• General Remarks: Detailed description in Bodenheimer, 1943. Redescription and illustrations in Takagi & Moghaddam, 2005.

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