Valid Names Results

Diaspis bicolor Laing, 1932 (Diaspididae: Diaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Diaspis bicolor Laing 1932: 63-65. Type data: ZAIRE: Haut-Lopori, on Baikiaea insignis, ?/06/1927, by J. Ghesquière. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Hall1946a: pp.516 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Diaspis]

Remarks

• Systematics: Diaspis bicolor is near D. carissae and D. subregularis (Laing, 1932).
• Structure: Female puparium broadly ovate, thin and papery in texture, pale brownish-white, almost translucent. Exuviae dark reddish-brown, first pellicle with median longitudinal carina. Two exuviae together forming almost half the scale. Adult female broadly oval, clears completely in potash (Laing, 1932).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Laing (1932).

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