Valid Names Results
Gonaspidiotus minimus (Leonardi, 1896) (Diaspididae: Gonaspidiotus)Nomenclatural History
- Aspidites minimus Leonardi 1896: 350. Type data: ITALY: Portici, on leaves of Quercus ilicis.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Portici: Dipartimento de Entomologia e Zoologia Agraria di Portici, Universita di Napoli Federico II, Italy; accepted valid name
- Aspidiotus minimus (Leonardi, 1896); Cockerell 1896b: 334. change of combination
- Hemiberlesia minima (Leonardi, 1896); Leonardi 1897b: 126. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender
- Aspidiotus (Aspidiotus) minimus (Leonardi, 1896); Cockerell 1897i: 18. change of combination
- Gonaspidiotus minimus (Leonardi, 1896); MacGillivray 1921: 431. change of combination
- Aspidiotus tyrrhenus Lindinger 1928: 100. replacement name that is unjustified (discovered by DanzigPe1998, 268).
- Aonidiella occidentalis (Balachowsky, 1932); Balachowsky 1932: 66. change of combination
- Aspidiotus (Aonidiella) occidentalis Balachowsky 1932: 18. Type data: ALGERIA: Haut-Atlas, Immouzer (altitude 1750 meters), on Chamerops humilis; 9/30/1930, collected by P. Vayssiere. Syntypes, female, by subsequent designation Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; junior synonym (discovered by BorchsDa1966, 302). Illustr.
- Hemiberlesea minima; Balachowsky 1935b: 257. misspelling of genus name
- Hemiberlesea minima; Gómez-Menor Ortega 1937: 117. misspelling of genus name
- Diaspidiotus minimus (Leonardi, 1896); Bodenheimer 1949: 67. change of combination
- Dinaspidiotus minimus; Bodenheimer 1949: 67. misspelling of genus name
- Gonaspidiotus minimus (Leonardi, 1896); Borchsenius 1966: 302. revived combination (previously published)
- Gomphaspidiotus minimus; Williams, D.J. 2017a: 227. misspelling of genus name
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 3 | Genera: 3
- Aquifoliaceae
- Ilex aquifolium | BougueBeGe2026
- Arecaceae
- Chamaerops humilis | Balach1932 Balach1932d
- Fagaceae
- Quercus | Martin1983 Bodenh1937 Bodenh1949 Bodenh1952 JansenBeKa2011
- Quercus coccifera | Bachma1953 Balach1928a Balach1932d Balach1935b Lupo1954 Zahrad1972 BenDov2012 SpodekBeMe2014
- Quercus ilex | Balach1928a Balach1932d GomezM1937 Leonar1920 Lupo1954 Martin1983 Zahrad1972
- Quercus incana | Balach1928a Balach1932d
- Quercus ithaburensis | BenDov2012 Bodenh1935 SpodekBeMe2014
- Quercus petraea | BerlesLe1896 UlgentDo2019 | (= Q. dschrochensis)
- Quercus suber | Balach1931a Balach1932d Martin1983 Zahrad1972
Foes:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Aphelinidae
- Pteroptrix dimidiata | Novits1961
Associates:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Diaspididae
- Asterodiaspis ilicicola | BougueBeGe2026
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 14
- Algeria | Balach1928a Balach1932 Balach1932d BougueBeGe2026
- Corsica | Balach1931a Balach1932d Leonar1920
- Crete | JansenBeKa2011
- Croatia | Masten2007 | Bachma1953 Lupo1954
- France | Balach1930a Balach1932d FoldiGe2018
- Greece | Korone1934 Lupo1954 StathaKaSk2013
- Israel | Bodenh1935 BytinsSt1967 SpodekBeMe2014
- Italy | BerlesLe1896 Leonar1920 LongoMaPe1995 Lupo1954
- Lebanon | AbdulNMo2006 MoussaChHa2021
- Malta | MifsudMaRu2014
- Morocco | Balach1932d
- Sardinia | PellizFo1996
- Spain | Balach1935b BlayGo1993 GomezM1937 GomezM1959 Martin1983
- Turkey | Bodenh1949 Bodenh1952 KaydanUlEr2007
Keys
- Lupo1954: pp.8-9 ( Adult (F) ) [Italy]
- Balach1928a: pp.132 ( Adult (F) ) [North Africa]
- Leonar1920: pp.90 ( Adult (F) ) [Italy]
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale suboval, 0.75 mm long, 0.55 mm wide; convex; exuviae yellow, eccentric; nymphal exuviae comparatively large; scale texture delicate, colour red; the scale of certain specimens covered with white secretion. Male scale elongate, almost reniform; exuviae eccentric; colour similar to that of female, but slightly paler; 0.9-1 mm long (Leonardi, 1920). Female scale small, circular, abruptly convex at center, flat along margin; colour red; exuviae central; the scale of certain specimens covered with white secretion. Male scale oval, narrower in front, white, exuviae eccentric, 0.9-1.0 mm long (Balachowsky, 1950b). The body shape and cuticle of this diaspidid exhibit a wavy appearance, likely influenced by the velutinous trichome structures on the leaves of Q. ilex? and I.aquifolium. These trichomes act as physical barriers, shaping the growth pattern of the female body and its wax secretions. (Bouguenna, et al., 2026)
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Leonardi (1920), Balachowsky (1950b), Lupo (1954) and by Gómez-Menor Ortega (1959).
Illustrations
Citations
- AbdulNMo2006: distribution, host, 517-520
- Bachma1953: distribution, host, 182
- Balach1928a: distribution, host, 138
- Balach1930a: distribution, host, 178-179
- Balach1931a: distribution, host, 97
- Balach1932: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 18-20
- Balach1932d: distribution, economic importance, host, taxonomy, 66,VI,XII,XLVII
- Balach1935b: distribution, host, 257
- Balach1950b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 546-549
- BenDov2012: catalog, distribution, host, 30, 43
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 507-509
- BerlesLe1896: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 350
- BicheArMe2022: distribution, host, 501
- BlayGo1993: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 468-472
- Bodenh1935: distribution, host, 246
- Bodenh1937: distribution, host, 217
- Bodenh1949: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 67-68
- Bodenh1952: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 339-340
- Borchs1966: catalog, 302
- BougueBeCh2026: distribution, host, 98
- BougueBeGe2026: biology, distribution, host, 209, 212
- BytinsSt1967: distribution, host, 125
- Cocker1896b: distribution, taxonomy, 334
- Cocker1897i: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 12,18
- DanzigPe1998: catalog, 268
- Fernal1903b: 267
- Ferris1937c: taxonomy, 51
- Ferris1937d: illustration, taxonomy, 106,122
- Ferris1941e: taxonomy, 45-46,49
- Foldi2001: distribution, 303-308
- Foldi2003: distribution, host, 151
- FoldiGe2018: distribution, 10
- Garcia1930: biological control, distribution, host,
- GomezM1937: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 117-118
- GomezM1958a: distribution, host, 8
- GomezM1959: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 158-162
- JansenBeKa2011: distribution, host, 484
- KaydanUlEr2007: catalog, distribution, host, 95
- Korone1934: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 19
- Leonar1897: taxonomy, 286
- Leonar1897b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 119,126-127
- Leonar1920: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 90,100-101
- Lepesm1947: description, distribution, host, life history, taxonomy, 211-213
- Lindin1912b: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 279
- Lindin1928: taxonomy, 100,106
- Lindin1957: taxonomy, 546
- LongoMaPe1995: distribution, 127
- Lupo1954: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 9-13
- MacGil1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 431
- Martin1983: distribution, host, taxonomy, 64
- Masten2007: distribution, host, taxonomy, 1-242
- MastenSeSi2016: distribution, host, 321-325
- McKenz1938: taxonomy, 4
- MifsudMaRu2014: distribution, host, 509
- MoussaChHa2021: climate change, distribution, host, 167
- Novits1961: biological control, 193-194
- Pelliz2011: distribution, 312
- PellizChMi2015: distribution, host, 65,70
- PellizFo1996: distribution, host, 134
- PellizPoSe2011: distribution, host, 295,298
- SpodekBeMe2014: distribution, host, illustration, 103,115,117
- StathaKaSk2013: distribution, host, illustration, 55-57
- UlgentDo2019: distribution, host, 486
- UlgentErYa2022: distribution, host, S120
- UlgentKaKo2013: distribution, host, 28
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 227, 228
- Yasar1995a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 84-86
- Zahrad1972: distribution, host, 440
- Zahrad1990a: description, distribution, host, 649
