Valid Names Results

Asterodiaspis minor (Russell, 1941) (Asterolecaniidae: Asterodiaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Asterolecanium variolosum minor Leonardi 1909: No.107. nomen nudum
• Asterolecanium minus Russell 1941: 132. Type data: ITALY: on Quercus sp.. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Asterolecanium minus; Schmutterer, Kloft & Lüdicke 1957: 451. subsequent use Notes: Incorrect citation of "Lindinger" as author.
• Asterodiaspis minus (Russell, 1941); Borchsenius 1960d: 202. change of combination
• Asterodiaspis minus; Hadzibejli 1983: 91. subsequent use Notes: Author incorrectly cited as "Lindinger".
• Asterolecanium minus; Varshney 1985a: 23. subsequent use Notes: Author incorrectly cited as "Lindinger".
• Asterolecanium minus; Gill 1993: 100. subsequent use Notes: Author incorrectly cited as "Lindinger".
• Asterodiaspis minus; Tang & Hao 1995: 300. subsequent use Notes: Author incorrectly cited as "Lindinger".
• Asterodiaspis minus; Kozar 1999a: 140. subsequent use Notes: Author incorrectly cited as "Lindinger".
• Asterodiaspis mina (Russell, 1941); Ben-Dov 2006b: 41. emendation that is unjustified (discovered by PellizWi2013, 406).
• Asterodiaspis minor (Russell, 1941); Pellizzari & Williams 2013: 406. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MoghadWa2024: pp.23 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Asterodiaspis in Iran]
• Boraty1961: pp.12 ( Adult (F) ) [United Kingdom]
• Russel1941: pp.12-26 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Asterolecanium]
• Russel1941: pp.26-35 ( Immature (F) ) [Species of Asterolecanium]

Remarks

• Systematics: Leonardi (1909) first published the name Asterolecanium variolosum minor with a short notation reading "Vive su parecchie specie di Quercus. Gli esemplari furono raccolti in varie localita dell'Italia meridionale." Lindinger (1912) synonymized Asterolecanium variolosum minor with Asterolecanium variolosum. Russell (1941) suggested that Lindinger's (1912) action validated the name Asterolecanium variolosum minor of Leonardi (1909), and therefore credited the authorship of Asterolecanium minus which she described (Russell, 1941) to Lindinger. However, Leonardi (1909) publication did not meet the requirements of Article 12 of the International Code, and the synonymy by Lindinger (1912) did not validate the nomen nudum. Consequently, the author of A. mina is Russell. Podsiadlo (1990) and Stumpf & Lambdin (2006) considerd Asterodiaspis minus to be synonyms of Asterodiaspis variolosa, but this was not accepted by Ben-Dov (2006) and Gavrilov-Zimin (2018). We have decided to keep them separate until more studies have been done.
• Structure: In life, body of adult female slightly longer than wide or circular, with posterior end slightly produced; greenish yellow to fairly clear yellow. Slide-mounted adult female body slightly longer than wide, with posterior end slightly produced. Antennae globular, each with 2 setae as long as diameter of antenna. Anal lobes not developed. Anal opening situated on dorsal surface, well removed from margin, circular, bearing 2 setae on anterior edge (Moghaddam & Watson 2024).
• Biology: Adult females live on the bark, in pits (Moghaddam & Watson 2024).
• Economic Importance: Pritchard & Beer (1950, 1950a) studied the life history and chemical control on oaks in California. A serious pest of oaks in California. Causes severe debilitation and sometimes death of the trees (Gill, 1993). Hecht-Poinar et al. (1989) found a positive correlation between the disease severity of twig blight of oaks in California (USA) and the infestation rate of A. mina.
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Russell (1941) and by Gill (1993). This species was recorded by Russell (1941) in Poland, but Podsiadło (1975) recognized only Asterodiaspis quercicola and A. variolosa in Poland based on extensive morphological studies. Since that time, A. minor was not listed in the subsequent publications pertaining to the fauna of scale insects in Poland and has been excluded from the ScaleNet database.

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