Valid Names Results

Furcaspis proteae Brain, 1918 (Diaspididae: Furcaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Furcaspis proteae Brain 1918: 139. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Buffelspoort, on Faurea saligna; collected by F. Thomsen, September 1909.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Muntin1970a,39). Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; Sao Paulo: Instituto Biologico de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Separaspis proteae (Brain, 1918); MacGillivray 1921: 427. change of combination
• Furcaspis proteae Brain, 1918; Miller, Williams & Davidson 2006: 60. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Foes:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WilliaMiRu2006: pp.74-76 ( Adult (F) ) [world]
• Balach1958b: pp.250 ( Adult (F) ) [Africa]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale similar to that of Separaspis capensis, but smaller and more brown than red; average size 1.6 mm in diameter. Male scale comparatively larger and wider than the male of S. capensis (Brain, 1918).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Brain (1918), Balachowsky (1958b) and by Williams et al. (2006).

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