Valid Names Results

Conchaspis vaccinii Khoo, 1978 (Conchaspididae: Conchaspis)

Conchaspis vaccinii Khoo 1978: 79. Type data: MALAYSIA: Gunung Bungah Buah, Selangor, on Vaccinium malaccense.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Kuala Lumpur: Selangor Museum, Malaysia; accepted valid name Illustr.
Conchaspis malesiana Ben-Dov & Williams 1985: 67. Type data: SINGAPORE: Bukit Timah, on Apocynaceae.. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by Takagi1997, 30). Illustr.
Conchaspis hainanensis Hu 1986: 213. Type data: CHINA: Hainan Island, Guangdong, on an unidentified shrub.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Shanghai: Shanghai Institute of Entomology, China; junior synonym (discovered by Takagi1997, 29). Illustr.

Families: 9 | Genera: 12

Countries: 2

Structure: Scale of adult female resembling the two valves of a half-opened bivalve clasping on to the leaf stalk. Scale of immature female roughly circular in outline with a conspicuous central boss. Scale white in colour with bits of dark particles incorporated on surface. Internally, scale pure white and smooth (Khoo, 1978). Scale of female synonym, Conchaspis hainanensis almost circular, diameter about 2mm, very slightly convex, white (Hu, 1986).
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Khoo (1978), Ben-Dov & Williams (1985) (as C. malesiana and by Takagi (1992; 1997). Good description and illustration of the first-instar nymph given by Khoo (1978). Good description and illustration of the last-instar female nymph given by Khoo (1978). Takagi (1992; 1997) presented SEM micrographs of various structures of the adult female. Takagi (1997) evaluated the intraspecific variation in some taxonomic characters of the adult female and nymphs. Good description and illustration of the adult female synonym, Conchaspis hainanensis, given by Hu (1986).