Valid Names Results

Mercetaspis calligoni (Borchsenius, 1949) (Diaspididae: Mercetaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Haplaspis calligoni Borchsenius 1949c: 736. Type data: TURKMENISTAN: Repetek, on Calligonum sp., 1928, by Archangelskaya; 1944, by N. Borchsenius. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig1993,299). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Mercetaspis calligoni (Borchsenius, 1949); Balachowsky 1954e: 128. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MoghadWa2021: pp.170 ( Adult (F) ) [Mercetaspis in Iran]
• Danzig1993: pp.291 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Mercetaspis]
• BazaroSh1971: pp.81 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Mercetaspis]
• Balach1954e: pp.127 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Mercetaspis]

Remarks

• Systematics: Mercetaspis calligoni lacks lobes and gland spines but possesses megaducts. The species is nevertheless related to other species of Mercetaspis possessing gland spines and well developed or reduced lobes (Danzig, 1993).
• Structure: Female scale curved, 0.85-0.95 mm long and 0.28-0.40 mm wide. Body of female up to 0.6 mm long and 0.4 mm wide. Small cylindrical glands are located on all the dorsal aspects of the body, being particularly numerous on the thorax and the 1st 4 segments of the abdomen. Margin of pygidium finely serrate. Cylindrical glands of the pygidium smaller than the marginal glands, located in 3 rows on each side of pygidium (Borchsenius, 1949c).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Borchsenius (1949c).

Illustrations

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