Valid Names Results

Triraphaspis desmidioides (Green, 1917) (Diaspididae: Triraphaspis)

Lepidosaphes desmidioides Green 1917a: 267. Type data: UNITED KINGDOM: England, London, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew., on Nephrodium sp.(in greenhouse).. Holotype, unknown, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Opuntiaspis desmidioides (Green, 1917); Lindinger 1937: 191. change of combination
Triraphaspis desmidioides (Green, 1917); Balachowsky 1954e: 140. change of combination
Triaphaspis desmidioides; Williams, D.J. 2017a: 222. misspelling of genus name

Families: 4 | Genera: 4

Countries: 2

Structure: Female scale irregularly pyriform with irregular margins, white, semi-translucent, 1.75 mm long. Male scale linear with median in relief compared with margins, 1.5 mm long. Adult female pygidium with L1 well developed, L2 very small, but present (Balachowsky, 1954e).
General Remarks: Detailed redescription and illustration by Balachowsky (1954e).