Valid Names Results
Contigaspis euphorbiarum Borchsenius & Williams, 1963 (Diaspididae: Contigaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Contigaspis euphorbiarum Borchsenius & Williams 1963a: 598. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Pretoria, on Euphorbia sp., ?/04/1917, by C. Fuller. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Notes: Paratype in ZMAS. Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Euphorbiaceae
- Euphorbia | BorchsWi1963a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- South Africa | BorchsWi1963a
Keys
- BorchsWi1963a: pp.595 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Contigaspis]
Remarks
- Systematics: Contigaspis euphorbiarum is related to C. subnudata, but is clearly differentiated by the grouping of the dorsal ducts on the sides of the marginal lobes (Borchsenius & Williams, 1963a).
- Structure: Female scale is short pyriform, convex, white with yellow exuviae protruding from the narrower end of the scutum, 1.6 mm long. Scutum of male nymph elongate, white 1.0-1.2 mm long. Female body ovoid (Borchsenius & Williams, 1963a).
- General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Borchsenius & Williams (1963a).
Illustrations
Citations
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 81
- BorchsWi1963a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 596, 598, 610
- Gavril2018: reproduction, 236
- Giliom1966: catalog, distribution, host, 423
