Valid Names Results

Tecaspis diplasia (Laing, 1925) (Diaspididae: Tecaspis)

Lepidosaphes diplasia Laing 1925a: 65-66. Type data: TANZANIA: Nzuki, Tabora Area, on "mzagazi", by A.H. Ritchie. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Chionaspis diplasia (Laing, 1925); Lindinger 1932f: 202. change of combination
Tecaspis diplasia (Laing, 1925); Hall 1946a: 537. change of combination
Poliaspis diplasia (Laing, 1925); Lindinger 1957: 549. change of combination
Tekaspis diplasia; Lindinger 1957: 552. misspelling of genus name
Tecaspis diplasia (Laing, 1925); Borchsenius 1966: 86. revived combination (previously published)

Countries: 1

Structure: Female scale snowy white, more or less straight, narrow in front, widening very gradually posteriorly, rather convex; larval exuviae varying from pale brown or slightly orange to dark brown through a mixture of extraneous matter from the host. Adult female longish ovate, rather narrow in front, widening out gradually posteriorly till the greatest width is reached at a distance of two-thirds the length. Pygidium with median lobes very prominent, separated by a distance subequal to breadth of a single lobe basally parallel-sided with apex rather flat or very low conical and serrated; 2nd pair of lobes consisting of conical projections; a 3rd pair of lobes represented by a very low and often inconspicuous bicuspid projection (Laing, 1925a).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Laing (1925a).