Valid Names Results

Lepidosaphes morafenobensis Mamet, 1959 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Nomenclatural History

• Lepidosaphes morafenobensis Mamet 1959a: 448. Type data: MADAGASCAR: Morafenobe, Mahajeby Forest, on Ravensara sp., ?/05/1952, by R. Paulian. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Insulaspis morafenobensis (Mamet, 1959); Borchsenius 1963: 1173. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Mamet1959a: pp.381 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes in Madagascar]

Remarks

• Systematics: Lepidosaphes morafenobensis is closely related to L. pitsikahitrae, from which it differs by the cephalic extremity which is somewhat sclerotized, truncated and rectangular in shape and by the eyes which are not modified into sclerotized, thorn-like spurs (Mamet, 1959a).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Mamet (1959a).

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