Valid Names Results

Koroneaspis aegilopos (Koroneos, 1934) (Diaspididae: Koroneaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Lepidosaphes aegilopos Koroneos 1934: 74-75. Type data: GREECE: Néa Ankhialos, on Quercus aegilops. Syntypes, female, accepted valid name Notes: Whereabouts of type material unknown. Illustr.
• Mytilococcus aegylopos (Koroneos, 1934); Lindinger 1936: 158. change of combination and misspelling of species epithet
• Koroneaspis aegilopos (Koroneos, 1934); Bodenheimer 1943: 9. change of combination
• Koroneaspis aegylops (Lindinger, 1936); Balachowsky 1954: 99. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 3 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MoghadWa2021: pp.136 ( Adult (F) ) [Koroneaspis in Iran]
• Balach1954e: pp.99 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Koroneaspis]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale slightly mytiliforme, often spindle-shaped, sometimes very arched. Exuviae brown-red. Adult female pale pink (Koroneos, 1934). Slide-mounted adult female oval, membranous. Anterior spiracles each associated with 1 or 2 disc pores; posterior spiracles without associated disc pores. Pygidium with 2 pairs of lobes; median lobes (L1) well-developed, symmetric, parallel, with 2 notches on both margins, without median gland spines; second lobes (L2) with inner lobules (L2a) convergent, outer lobules (L2b) small, subtriangular; third lobes (L3) absent. Gland spines absent from spaces adjacent to median lobes (L1). (Moghaddam & Watson, 2021)
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Koroneos (1934).

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