Valid Names Results
Umbaspis regularis regularis (Newstead, 1911) (Diaspididae: Umbaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Diaspis regularis Newstead 1911: 86-87. Type data: UGANDA: Entebbe, Mubendi, on unknown host, 10/08/1909, by C.C. Gowdey. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Diaspis senegalensis Vayssière 1914a: 206-207. Type data: SENEGAL: Koulikoro, on Khaya senegalensis, by M.J. Vuillet. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; junior synonym (discovered by Balach1954e, 199). Illustr.
- Umbaspis regularis (Newstead, 1911); MacGillivray 1921: 323. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 6 | Genera: 6
- Arecaceae
- Chamaerops | Komosi1968
- Bromeliaceae
- Ananas | DanzigPe1998
- Fabaceae
- Daniellia oliveri | Balach1954e
- Meliaceae
- Khaya senegalensis | Balach1929 Vayssi1914a
- Moraceae
- Milicia excelsa | Gowdey1913 | (= Chlorophora excelsa)
- Opiliaceae
- Agonandra brasiliensis | CastroMoWo2022
Foes:
Families: 3 | Genera: 3
- Aphelinidae
- Marietta marchali | HertinSi1972
- Encyrtidae
- Habrolepis diaspidi | HertinSi1972 | (= Anabrolepis diaspidis)
- Eulophidae
- Tetrastichus pulvinariae | HertinSi1972
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 11
- Brazil
- Distrito Federal (=Brasilia) | CastroMoWo2022
- Cameroon | Balach1954e
- Guadeloupe | MatileEt2006 Meurge2011
- Guinea | Balach1954e
- Italy | DanzigPe1998 PellizDa1997
- Mali | NormarOkMo2019 Vayssi1914a
- Niger | Balach1929
- Nigeria | Medler1980
- Poland | DanzigPe1998
- Senegal | Balach1954e
- Uganda | Gowdey1913 Newste1911
Keys
- Hall1946a: pp.515 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Diaspis] Key as: Diaspis regularis
- MacGil1921: pp.322 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Diaspis] Key as: Diaspis senegalensis
Remarks
- Systematics: Lindinger (1932f) cited this species as a junior synonym of Diaspis africana.
- Structure: Female scale more or less circular; margins flat, narrow at the sides, and wide posteriorly; central portion highly convex; texture smooth and almost wax-like in appearance, yellowish-white or creamy white, margins paler. Exuviae tilted forward. Adult female broadly pyriform, abdominal segments suddenly attenuated. Pygidium with 5 widely separated groups of circumgenital pores (Newstead, 1911).
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Newstead (1911). Photographs in Castro, et al., 2022.
Illustrations
Citations
- Balach1929: distribution, host, taxonomy, 145
- Balach1954e: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 176, 199-201
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 166
- CastroMoWo2022: distribution, host, illustration,
- DanzigPe1998: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 365
- Ferris1936a: taxonomy, 23
- Ferris1937d: illustration, taxonomy, 105, 119
- Fonsec1969: taxonomy, 33
- Gowdey1913: distribution, host, 249
- Gowdey1917: distribution, host, 189
- Hall1928: taxonomy, 279
- Hall1929a: taxonomy, 363
- Hall1946a: distribution, taxonomy, 515, 547, 551, 552
- HertinSi1972: biological control, distribution, 180
- Komosi1968: distribution, host, 207
- KozarWa1985: catalog, distribution, 88
- LagowsGo2020: distribution, 69
- Laing1932: taxonomy, 65
- Lindin1932f: taxonomy, 201
- LongoMaPe1995: distribution, 129
- LongoMaPe1999a: distribution, 149
- MacGil1921: distribution, host, taxonomy, 322, 323
- MazzeoLoPe2014: distribution, 58
- Medler1980: distribution, 90
- Meurge2011: distribution, 81
- Muntin1969: taxonomy, 124
- Newste1911: description, distribution, illustration, taxonomy, 86-87
- NormarOkMo2019: distribution, host, phylogeny, taxonomy, 34, 65
- PellizDa1997: distribution, host, 176
- PellizGe2010a: distribution, host, 504
- Takagi1970: taxonomy, 32
- Vayssi1914a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 206-207
- Vayssi1915: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 296-297
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 230
