Valid Names Results
Ledaspis tenuiloba De Lotto, 1956 (Diaspididae: Ledaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Ledaspis tenuiloba De Lotto 1956: 18-19. Type data: KENYA: Nairobi, on Elaeodendron stuhlmanni, 12/04/1953, by G. De Lotto. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Celastraceae
- Cassine schlechteriana | DeLott1956 | (= Elaeodendron stuhlmannii)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Kenya | DeLott1956
Keys
Remarks
- Systematics: Ledaspis tenuiloba is close to L. reticulata, from which it is separable by having the ducts of the marginal series provided with very long microducts and by the much smaller median lobes (De Lotto, 1956).
- Structure: Scale of female silvery-white, elongate, moderately convex, exuviae pale yellow, 2.1-2.5 mm long. Male scale tricarinate, pure white, exuviae golden yellow, 1.0-1.3 mm long. Adult female very elongate with prosoma heavily chitinized at maturity (De Lotto, 1956).
- General Remarks: Best description and illustration by De Lotto (1956).
Illustrations
Citations
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 132
- Brown1965: chemistry, 219
- DeLott1956: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 18-19
- Watson2021: distribution, 523
