Valid Names Results

Duplachionaspis graminis (Green, 1896) (Diaspididae: Duplachionaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chionaspis graminis Green 1896: 3. Type data: SRI LANKA: Punduloya, on Andropogon sp. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
• Duplachionaspis graminis (Green, 1896); MacGillivray 1921: 334. change of combination
• Trichomytilus graminis (Green, 1896); Lindinger 1933a: 165. change of combination
• Poliaspis graminis (Green, 1896); Lindinger 1943b: 224. change of combination
• Duplachionaspis graminis (Green, 1896); Borchsenius 1966: 129. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 3

Foes:

Families: 2 | Genera: 4

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MacGil1921: pp.334 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Duplachionaspis]
• Green1899a: pp.108 ( ) [Synopsis of Chionaspis species] Key as: Chionaspis graminis

Remarks

• Systematics: Archangelskaya's 1937 treatment of Chionaspis graminis Green is actually a misidentification of Duplachionaspis phragmitidis (=D. graminella).
• Structure: Female scale snowy white, elongate, moderately dilated behind, ventral scale well developed and often coming away unbroken. First exuviae pale transparent fulvous; Adult female elongate, reddish-orange. Exuviae of male dark brown. Adult male bright orange-red, with 3 knobbed digitules on feet (Green, 1899a).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Green (1899a).

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