Valid Names Results

Moraspis Hall, 1946 (Diaspididae)

Nomenclatural History

• Moraspis Hall 1946a: 525-526. Type species: Chionaspis euphorbiae Brain by monotypy and original designation . accepted valid name

Remarks

• Systematics: Subfamily DIASPIDINAE Tribe DIASPIDINI Subtribe FIORINIINA (Normark, et al., 2019) Moraspis falls within the complex of genera of the Chionaspis type, which is so strongly developed in the Ethiopian region. It is characterized by the quite abnormal development of marginal pores, the lack of gland tubercles on the abdominal thoracic segments and the extremely dense sclerotization of the anterior two-thirds of the body (Hall, 1946a).
• General Remarks: Detailed description by Hall (1946a). Redescription by Munting (1973).

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. 88
• Ferris1955d: taxonomy, pp. 42
• Hall1946a: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, pp. 525-526, 543
• MorrisMo1966: taxonomy, pp. 125
• Muntin1968: taxonomy, pp. 209
• Muntin1970: taxonomy, pp. 10
• Muntin1973: description, distribution, pp. 13
• NormarOkMo2019: taxonomy, pp. 52, 71

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