Valid Names Results

Melanaspis louristana Balachowsky & Kaussari, 1953 (Diaspididae: Melanaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Melanaspis louristanus Balachowsky & Kaussari 1953: 28. Type data: IRAN: Louristan province, on Quercus sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Melanaspis lauristanus Balachowsky & Kaussari, 1953; Kaussari 1955: 16. misspelling of species epithet
• Melanaspis louristanus; Borchsenius 1966: 349. subsequent use Notes: Order of authors cited incorrectly.
• Melanaspis louristana Balachowsky & Kaussari, 1953; Pellizzari & Williams 2013: 409. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MoghadWa2021: pp.166 ( Adult (F) ) [Melanaspis in Iran]
• HosseiNoKa2016: pp.258 ( Adult (F) ) [Melanaspis species in the Palearctic Region]
• Danzig1993: pp.238 ( Adult (F) ) [world]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale circular or subcircular, 2.2-2.6 mm; black or very dark grey; flat or slightly convex; exuviae central, dark brown; ventral vellum attached to the host plant (Balachowsky & Kaussari, 1953).Slide-mounted adult female almost circular, membranous at maturity except for pygidium. Pygidium with 4 pairs of lobes; median lobes (L1) well-developed, slightly convergent, with basal scleroses; second and third lobes (L2 and L3) same shape as median lobes; fourth lobes (L4) each usually with 1 notch on outer margin. Plates absent. Paraphyses well-developed, fusiform, each side of pygidium with 3 large paraphyses (as long as lobes) arising from bases of segments V–VII; smaller paraphyses present between lobes, and some short, fine paraphyses present on segment V. Dorsal ducts long, present in furrows between segments VII & VIII, VI & VII, and V & VI; also marginal area of segment V with about 7 ducts. Perivulvar pores present in 5 groups. (Moghaddam & Watson, 2021)
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Balachowsky & Kaussari (1953).

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