Valid Names Results

Chionaspis austriaca Lindinger, 1912 (Diaspididae: Chionaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chionaspis austriaca Lindinger 1912b: 252. Type data: AUSTRIA: Piesting, on Pinus laricio nigricans. Holotype, female, Type depository: Hamburg: Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Universitat von Hamburg, Germany; accepted valid name
• Chionaspis (Phenacaspis) austriaca Lindinger, 1912; Balachowsky 1930d: 267-269. change of combination
• Chionaspis barbeyi Balachowsky 1930d: 267. Type data: SPAIN: Sierra del Nieves, Andalusia, on Abies pinsapo, ?/05/1929, by M. Barbey. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; junior synonym (discovered by Lindin1957, 547).
• Pinnaspis austriaca (Lindinger, 1912); Lindinger 1932f: 193. change of combination
• Chionaspis austriaca Lindinger, 1912; Takagi 1985: 44. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

• Austrian pine scale KosztaKo1988F

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Schmut1959: pp.229 ( Adult (F) ) [Bestimmungstabelle der mitteleuropäischen Chionaspis-Arten]
• Balach1954e: pp.320 ( Adult (F) ) [Clef d'identification du g. Chionaspis Sign. de la région paléarctique]
• Balach1930d: pp.266 ( Adult (F) ) [Tableau de détermination des Chionaspis Sign. (sensu lato) vivant aux dépens des Conifères]
• Balach1930d: pp.267 ( Adult (F) ) [Tableau de détermination des Chionaspis Sign. (sensu lato) vivant aux dépens des Conifères] Key as: Chionaspis Barveyi
• MacGil1921: pp.330 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Chionaspis]

Remarks

• Systematics: Takagi (1985) states that this species is "unretainable in Chionaspis," but does not say where it should be placed.
• Structure: Test of female wide oystershell-shaped, white with yellowish exuviae. Adult female oval, red, about 1mm long, .5 mm wide (Kosztarab & Kozár, 1988).
• Biology: This species was found at altitudes of 1800 m (Balachowsky, 1935b).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Kosztarab & Kozár (1988).

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