Valid Names Results

Symeria victoriae (Green, 1905) (Diaspididae: Symeria)

Mytilaspis intermedia victoriae Green 1905b: 5-6. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Victoria, Myrniong, on Acacia montana. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
Lepidosaphes intermedia victoriae (Green, 1905); Sanders 1906: 17. change of combination
Scrupulaspis intermedia victoriae (Green, 1905); MacGillivray 1921: 287. change of combination
Scrupulaspis victoriae (Green, 1905); Borchsenius 1966: 73. change in status (level) Notes: Henderson (2011) states that not enough is known about this species to move it to the revived genus Symeria and she and Williams (2017a) continue to call it "Scrupulaspis" victoriae until more is known.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

MacGil1921: pp.287 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Scrupulaspis] Key as: Scrupulaspis intermedia victoriae

Systematics: Scrupulaspis victoriae differs from S. intermedia in the lateral margins of the abdominal segments not markedly produced, median lobes narrow, other lobes not noticeable, circumgenital glands few, spiniform squames small (Froggatt, 1914).
Structure: Female scale 1.5-1.75 mm long. Adult female with median lobes narrow, other lobes obsolescent, 1.25-1.50 mm long (Green, 1905b).
General Remarks: Best description by Green (1905b).