Valid Names Results

Mauritiaspis Mamet, 1939 (Diaspididae)

Nomenclatural History

• Mauritiaspis Mamet 1939b: 583. Type species: Mauritiaspis malloti Mamet by original designation . accepted valid name

Remarks

• Systematics: Subfamily DIASPIDINAE Tribe LEPIDOSAPHIDINI (Normark, et al., 2019) Mauritiaspis is related to Parachionaspis, from which it differs by the nature of the male scale cover and by the characters of the pygidium of the adult female (Mamet, 1939b).
• Structure: Nymphal exuviae and scale cover of adult female incorporated with tissues of food plant. Pygidium of adult female sclerotized, with 5 groups of perivulvar pores and three pairs of lobes. Plates few, short and simple. Spines short. Oval dorsal pores absent. Small tubular pores present throughout body, particularly in abdominal region (Mamet, 1939b).

Keys

Associated References

• Balach1954e: taxonomy, pp. 172
• Borchs1966: catalog, taxonomy, pp. 32
• Ferris1941: illustration, taxonomy, pp. 11, 12, 18
• Mamet1939b: description, distribution, taxonomy, pp. 583
• MorrisMo1966: taxonomy, pp. 117
• NormarOkMo2019: taxonomy, pp. 51,

2 Species