Valid Names Results

Ledaspis Hall, 1946 (Diaspididae)

Nomenclatural History

• Ledaspis Hall 1946a: 522-523. Type species: Chionaspis mashonae Hall by original designation . accepted valid name

Remarks

• Systematics: Subfamily DIASPIDINAE Tribe DIASPIDINI Subtribe FIORINIINA (Normark, et al., 2019) Ledaspis belongs to the group of genera of the Chionaspis complex, from which it differs in lacking perivulvar pores. It is closest to Tecaspis (Hall, 1946a).
• Structure: Body fusiform with anterior half usually more or less heavily sclerotized. Pygidium rounded with median lobes not zygotic, separated by a distinct notch, but with their bases yoked. Second lobes duplex, small and somewhat inconspicuous. A pair of small setae between the median lobes, but gland spines and pores wanting. Female scale pyriform, convex and white with terminal exuviae. Male scale white, with subparallel sides, uncarinated or with the median carina faintly indicated (Hall, 1946a).
• General Remarks: Detailed redescription and illustration by Munting (1977).

Keys

• Hall1946a: pp.543 ( Adult (F) ) [Key for the separation of the genera of Diaspidini recorded from the Ethiopian Region]

Associated References

• Balach1954e: taxonomy, pp. 172
• Borchs1966: catalog, taxonomy, pp. 132
• Ferris1955d: taxonomy, pp. 42
• Hall1946a: description, distribution, taxonomy, pp. 522, 543
• Lindin1957: taxonomy, pp. 549
• MorrisMo1966: taxonomy, pp. 106
• Muntin1977: description, taxonomy, pp. 24
• NormarOkMo2019: taxonomy, pp. 52, 71

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