Valid Names Results

Dynaspidiotus medicus Kaussari, 1956 (Diaspididae: Dynaspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

• Dynaspidiotus medicus Kaussari 1956: 102. Type data: IRAN: Shiraz Province, Dunheh, on Haplophyllum sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 3 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MoghadWa2021: pp.114 ( Adult (F) ) [Dynaspidiotus in Iran]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale circular, 2.2 mm in diameter; convex; exuviae yellow-gold, central; adult secretion light brown or slightly pink, with concentric areas, darker and variously coloured (Kaussari, 1956). Slide-mounted adult female pyriform, membranous at maturity. Pygidium with 3 pairs of lobes; median lobes (L1) each rounded apically and with notch on lateral margin; second lobes (L2) as long as L1, each with 1 notch on outer margin; third lobes (L3) slightly smaller than L2, each lobe usually with 3 notches on outer margin. Median, lateral and external plates well developed, present between lobes and anterolateral to L3, plates slightly longer than lobes and deeply fringed. (Moghaddam & Watson, 2021)
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Kaussari (1956).

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