Valid Names Results
Diaspidiotus braunschvigi (Rungs, 1937) (Diaspididae: Diaspidiotus)Nomenclatural History
- Aspidiotus braunschvigi Rungs 1937: 329. Type data: MOROCCO: East Morocco, Oudja, on leaves of Pistacia atlantica; collected by Coinder, 18 August, 1936.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Aspidaspis braunschvigi (Rungs, 1937); Ferris 1942: 426. change of combination
- Quadraspidiotus braunschvigi (Rungs, 1937); Balachowsky 1950b: 421. change of combination
- Aspidiotus braunschwigi Rungs, 1937; Lindinger 1957: 545. misspelling of species epithet
- Diaspidiotus braunschvigi (Rungs, 1937); Danzig & Pellizzari 1998: 229. change of combination
- Diaspidiotus lenticularis; Moghaddam 2013a: 25. misidentification (discovered by MoghadWa2021, 21).
Common Names
- braunschvigi scale McKenz1956
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 2
- Anacardiaceae
- Pistacia atlantica | Balach1950b Ferris1942 McKenz1956 Rungs1937
- Moraceae
- Ficus | Ferris1942
- Ficus carica | McKenz1956 Moghad2013a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 4
- Algeria | BicheArMe2022
- Iran | Moghad2013a
- Morocco | Balach1950b Ferris1942 Rungs1937
- United States
- California | Ferris1942 McKenz1956
Keys
- MoghadWa2021: pp.78-79 ( Adult (F) ) [Diaspidiotus in Iran]
- Gill1997: pp.58-59 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of California]
- McKenz1956: pp.24 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: California]
- Balach1950b: pp.400 ( Adult (F) ) [Mediterranean ]
- Ferris1942: pp.30 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Remarks
- Structure: Scale of the female is flat, more or less circular, translucent, frequently having the appearance of oiled paper, dirty gray or gray yellow. Exuviae red or brown, frequently eccentric. Scale of the male smaller, more elongate, clearer, sometimes whitish (Rungs, 1937).
- Economic Importance: Apparently imported from the Mediterranean onto the D'Orrigo Ranch in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA, where it was collected on common fig in 1939. Probably no longer present in California (Gill, 1997). Diaspidiotus braunschvigi has been found on drought-stressed fig trees in Fars province, Estahaban, Iran since 1987. In recent years, a severe and prolonged drought has persisted in this area, forcing the fig farmers to abandon the traditional rain-fed harvests and manually irrigate their orchards, leading to climatic changes and increased severity of fig tree infestation by D. braunschvigi. The scale occurs on the leaves, twigs and fruits. (Moghaddam & Watson, 2021)
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1942), Balachowsky (1950b), McKenzie (1956) and by Gill (1997).
Illustrations
Citations
- Balach1950b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 421-424
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 351
- BicheArMe2022: distribution, host, 500
- Borchs1966: catalog, 329
- DanzigPe1998: catalog, 229
- Ferris1941e: taxonomy, 41
- Ferris1942: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 426;446:30
- Gill1997: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 59,61
- Lindin1957: taxonomy, 545
- McKenz1956: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 24,44-45
- Moghad2013a: distribution, host, 25
- MoghadWa2021: diagnosis, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, key, 9, 78, 80-82, 242
- Nakaha1982: distribution, host, 77
- Rungs1937: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 329-332
