Valid Names Results

Tecaspis kiggelariae (Brain, 1919) (Diaspididae: Tecaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chionaspis (Poliaspis) kiggelariae Brain 1919: 238-239. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Orchard Siding, on willow, 08/06/1915, by C.P. Lounsbury. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Muntin1970a,39). Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Poliaspis kiggelariae (Brain, 1919); MacGillivray 1921: 356. change of combination
• Tecaspis kiggelariae (Brain, 1919); Hall 1946a: 537. change of combination
• Tekaspis kiggelariae; Lindinger 1957: 552. misspelling of genus name

Common Names

• willow scale Brain1929

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Hall1946a: pp.537 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Tecaspis]
• MacGil1921: pp.356 ( ) [Key to species of Poliaspis] Key as: Poliaspis kiggelariae

Remarks

• Systematics: A re-examination of the specimens in Brain's collection identified by him as Chionaspis (Poliaspis) kiggelariae revealed that more than one species is involved. Two lots from Salix sp. are conspecific and form the basis for the identity of T. kiggelariae. The lot collected from Kiggelaria africana is conspecific with T. visci. Because the "holotype" of T. kiggelariae was selected by Brain from the willow specimens (subsequent lectotype by Munting, 1967a) T. kiggelariae does not become a synonym of T. visci (Munting, 1967a).
• Structure: Female scale about 3.0 mm long, narrow in front, gradually widening to beyond the middle and moderately broad and rounded behind, smooth, faintly glossy, without distinct growth-lines or covered with a matt deposit which is greyish or yellowish. Exuviae yellowish to bright reddish-brown; 2nd exuviae faintly covered. Male scale small, non-carinate, with pale yellowish or brownish exuviae. Adult female dark brown to black, elongate, whole anterior portion and 1st abdominal segment uniformly highly chitinized. L1 shorter than broad, evenly rounded, striate; L2 similar but smaller, often apparently absent (Brain, 1919).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Munting (1967a).

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