Valid Names Results

Diaspidistis fonsecai Wolff & Claps, 2010 (Diaspididae: Diaspidistis)

Nomenclatural History

• Diaspidistis squamosa; Fonseca 1969: 9-40. misidentification
• Diaspidistis fonsecai Wolff & Claps 2010: 229-30. Type data: BRAZIL: São Paulo, Morumbi, on unidentified plant, 8/?/1963, by J.P. da Fonseca. Holotype, female, by subsequent designation Type depository: Sao Paulo: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WolffCl2010: pp.232 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Diaspidistis, based on the characters of adult females]

Remarks

• Systematics: Adult females of Diaspidistis fonsecai differ from other species of the genus, except D. multilobis by having a pronounced notch in the middle of the anterior margin (females of D. multilobis also have a notch on the margin, but it is less pronounced) and have a small number of well-marked dorsal glands. The figure presented by Fonseca (1969) as D. squamosa shows the microscopic characters of Diaspidistis fonsecai.
• General Remarks: Detailed description in Portugese and illustration in Wolff & Claps, 2010.

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