Valid Names Results
Aspidiotus elaeidis Marchal, 1909 (Diaspididae: Aspidiotus)Nomenclatural History
- Aspidiotus elaeidis Marchal 1909c: 69. Type data: BENIN [=DAHOMEY]: Porto-Novo, on leaves of Elaeis guineensis.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name
- Aspidiotus oppugnatus Silvestri 1915: 258. Type data: ERITREA: Nefasit, on Olea chrysophilla.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Portici: Dipartimento de Entomologia e Zoologia Agraria di Portici, Universita di Napoli Federico II, Italy; junior synonym (discovered by Borchs1966, 261). Illustr.
- Aspidiotus transparens; Brain 1918: 120. misidentification (discovered by Borchs1966, 261).
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 13 | Genera: 16
- Apocynaceae
- Carissa spinarum | Balach1956 Almeid1973b
- Funtumia africana | Balach1956
- Arecaceae
- Cocos nucifera | Balach1956
- Elaeis guineensis | Balach1956 Leonar1914 Marcha1909c Sander1909a
- Chrysobalanaceae
- Chrysobalanus | Balach1956
- Ebenaceae
- Diospyros batocana | Almeid1973b Balach1956
- Diospyros mespiliformis | Almeid1973b
- Euphorbiaceae
- Manihot carthaginensis | Balach1956
- Malvaceae
- Theobroma cacao | Campbe1983
- Meliaceae
- Trichilia emetica | Almeid1971
- Xylocarpus granatum | Balach1956
- Myrtaceae
- Syzygium cordatum | NormarOkMo2019
- Ochnaceae
- Lophira alata | Balach1956
- Oleaceae
- Olea europaea | Balach1956 Silves1915
- Phyllanthaceae
- Bridelia | Balach1956
- Rosaceae
- Prunus domestica | Almeid1971
- Santalaceae
- Korthalsella disticha | Balach1956
Foes:
Families: 2 | Genera: 2
- Aphelinidae
- Aphytis erythraeus | Balach1956 RosenDe1979
- Encyrtidae
- Habrolepis oppugnati | Balach1956
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 15
- Angola | Almeid1973b
- Benin | Leonar1914 Marcha1909c
- Cameroon | Balach1956
- Cote d'Ivoire (=Ivory Coast) | Balach1956
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (=Zaire) | Balach1956
- Eritrea | Balach1956 RosenDe1979 Silves1915
- Ghana | Campbe1983
- Guinea | Balach1956
- Mozambique | Almeid1971
- Niger | Vayssi1913
- Senegal | Balach1956
- Sierra Leone | Balach1956
- Somalia | Balach1956
- South Africa | SchneiOkNo2018
- Tanzania | Balach1956
Keys
- EvansWaMi2009: pp.63-67 ( Adult (F) ) [Diaspididae species found on avocado]
- Balach1956: pp.52 ( Adult (F) ) [Africa]
Remarks
- Systematics: GenBank Accession Number: KY219865 (Dao, et al., 2020)
- Structure: Female scale large, diameter 2.8-3.1 mm, constantly circular, moderately convex, white in typical form, may be brown in several specimens or populations; exuviae central, pale yellow. Male scale white, oval, 1.2-1.3 mm long (Balachowsky, 1956).
- Economic Importance: This species has been recorded as a pest of oil palm, Elaeis guineensis in Congo (Chua & Wood, 1990) and Sierra Leone (Hargreaves, 1927, 1937; Lepesme, 1947).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Marchal (1909c), Silvestri (1915) and by Balachowsky (1956).
Illustrations
Citations
- Almeid1971: distribution, host, 8
- Almeid1973b: distribution, host, 8-9
- Balach1932f: distribution, host, taxonomy, 231
- Balach1956: biological control, description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 64-66
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 186-187
- Borchs1966: catalog, 261
- Brain1918: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 120
- Campbe1983: distribution, host, 137-151
- ChuaWo1990: distribution, economic importance, host, 543-552
- DanzigPe1998: catalog, 188-189
- DaoBeWa2020: phylogeny, 399
- EvansWaMi2009: taxonomy, 63-67
- Ferris1941e: taxonomy, 43
- Hargre1927: distribution, economic importance, host, 113-128
- Hargre1937: distribution, economic importance, host, 505-520
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 14
- Leonar1914: distribution, host, taxonomy, 196
- Lepesm1947: biological control, description, distribution, host, life history, taxonomy, 193-194
- Lindin1914: taxonomy, 244
- Lindin1928: taxonomy, 106
- MacGil1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 397
- Marcha1909c: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 69
- MullenScNo2016: DNA sequencing, genetics, 208
- Muntin1971a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 311-313
- NormarOkMo2019: distribution, host, phylogeny, 13, S1
- Prinsl1983: biological control, distribution, 26
- RosenDe1979: biological control, distribution, host, 674-678
- Sander1909a: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 52
- SchneiFiNo2019: key, taxonomy, 92
- SchneiOkNo2018: phylogeny,
- Silves1915: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 258-260
- Vayssi1913: distribution, host, 430
- Viggia1978: taxonomy, 351
- deVill2001g: biological control, chemical control, distribution, economic importance, host, life history, 224-225
