Valid Names Results

Aonidiella gracilis (Balachowsky, 1929) (Diaspididae: Aonidiella)

Nomenclatural History

• Aspidiotus gracilis Balachowsky 1929: 141. Type data: ZAIRE: Sankuru, on leaves of cacao; collected by Ghesqiere, January 1925. .. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Aspidiotus gracillimus Lindinger 1937: 180. replacement name that is unjustified Replacement name for Aspidiotus gracilis Balachowsky
• Aonidiella gracilis (Balachowsky, 1929); McKenzie 1938: 9. change of combination
• Chrysomphalus gracillimus (Lindinger, 1937); Lindinger 1943b: 218. change of combination
• Aonidiella gracillima (Lindinger, 1937); Schmutterer, H., Kloft, W. & Lüdicke, M. 1957: 484. change of combination
• Aonidiella gracilis (Balachowsky, 1929); Borchsenius 1966: 296. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• BenDov2006: pp.55-57 ( Adult (F) ) [World (33 species)]
• Balach1956: pp.26 ( Adult (F) ) [Africa]
• McKenz1946: pp.33 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
• McKenz1942b: pp.144-145 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
• McKenz1938: pp.17-18 ( Adult (F) ) [World]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale, circular, small 1.4-1.8 mm; sometimes posterior part projecting giving a pyriform shape; moderately convex, larval exuviae central; scale brown. Male scale same colour, oval, 0.8-1 mm (Balachowsky, 1956).
• Economic Importance: Recorded as a pest of cocoa in Congo (Liegeois, 1944).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by McKenzie (1938) and by Balachowsky (1956).

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