Valid Names Results
Neoselenaspidus silvaticus (Lindinger, 1909) (Diaspididae: Neoselenaspidus)Nomenclatural History
- Selenaspidus silvaticus Lindinger 1909d: 10. Type data: CAMEROON: on Anacardiaceae, on Bandeiraea speciosa, on Rinorea exappendiculata; and TANZANIA: on Ficus indica.. Syntypes, unknown, Type depository: Hamburg: Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Universitat von Hamburg, Germany; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Pseudaonidia silvatica (Lindinger, 1909); Sanders 1909a: 54. change of combination
- Aspidiotus (Selenaspidus) silvaticus (Lindinger, 1909); Vayssiêre 1913: 431. change of combination
- Pseudoaonidia silvatica; Leonardi 1914: 203. misspelling of genus name
- Entaspidiotus silvaticus (Lindinger, 1909); MacGillivray 1921: 455. change of combination
- Selenaspidus sylvaticus Lindinger, 1909; Seabra 1921: 98. misspelling of species epithet
- Selenaspidus silvaticus Lindinger, 1909; Bellio 1939: 236. change of combination
- Neoselenaspidus silvaticus (Lindinger, 1909); Mamet 1950a: 406. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 23 | Genera: 30
- Anacardiaceae
- Anacardiaceae | Borchs1966 Lindin1909d Mamet1958a
- Mangifera indica | Almeid1973b
- Apocynaceae
- Acokanthera schimperi | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a
- Arecaceae
- Arecaceae | Borchs1966 Hall1928 Mamet1958a
- Phoenix canariensis | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a
- Asparagaceae
- Agave sisalana | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a
- Cordyline australis | Brain1918 | (= Dracaena australis)
- Berberidaceae
- Berberis | Brain1918
- Celastraceae
- Euonymus | Borchs1966 Brain1918 Mamet1958a
- Euphorbiaceae
- Aleurites | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a
- Euphorbia | Bellio1939 Borchs1966 Mamet1958a
- Euphorbia ingens | Borchs1966 Hall1928 Mamet1958a
- Fabaceae
- Cassia | MatileNo1984
- Cassia fistula | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a
- Ceratonia siliqua | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a
- Griffonia speciosa | Borchs1966 Leonar1914 Lindin1909d Mamet1958a Sander1909a | (= Bandeiraea speciosa)
- Lauraceae
- Cinnamomum camphora | Borchs1966 Mamet1954 | (= Laurus camphora)
- Malvaceae
- Theobroma cacao | Laing1932
- Meliaceae
- Trichilia emetica | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a
- Moraceae
- Ficus amplissima | Borchs1966 Leonar1914 Lindin1909d Mamet1958a Sander1909a | (= Ficus indica)
- Oleaceae
- Ligustrum japonicum | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a
- Olea europaea | Almeid1973b
- Rhamnaceae
- Scutia myrtina | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a
- Rosaceae
- Eriobotrya japonica | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a
- Rubiaceae
- Gardenia | MatileNo1984
- Rutaceae
- Citrus aurantium | Almeid1973b Borchs1966 Mamet1958a
- Salicaceae
- Dovyalis caffra | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a | (= Aberia caffra)
- Sapotaceae
- Chrysophyllum | Borchs1966 Brain1918 Mamet1958a
- Englerophytum magalismontanum | Borchs1966 Brain1918 Mamet1958a | (= Chrysophyllum magalismontanum)
- Theaceae
- Camellia | Benjam1968 | (= Thea)
- Ulmaceae
- Chaetachme aristata | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a
- Violaceae
- Rinorea exappendiculata | Borchs1966 Leonar1914 Lindin1909d Mamet1958a Sander1909a
- Vitaceae
- Vitis vinifera | Almeid1973b
Foes:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Encyrtidae
- Habrolepis | Prinsl1983
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 12
- Angola | Almeid1973b
- Cameroon | Borchs1966 Leonar1914 Mamet1958a MatileNo1984 Sander1909a
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (=Zaire) | Borchs1966 Ghesqu1932 Laing1932 Mamet1958a
- Eritrea | Borchs1966 DeLottNa1955 Mamet1958a
- Ethiopia | Bellio1939
- Kenya | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a
- Madagascar | Borchs1966 Mamet1954
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Sao Tome | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a Seabra1921 Seabra1925
- South Africa | Borchs1966 Brain1918 Mamet1958a
- Tanzania | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a
- Uganda | Borchs1966 Gowdey1917 Mamet1958a Newste1917b
- Zimbabwe | Borchs1966 Hall1928 Mamet1958a
Keys
- Brain1918: pp.131 ( Adult (F) ) [South Africa]
- Lindin1909d: pp.4-5 ( Adult (F) ) [Genus Selenaspidus]
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale dark brown, circular to broadly oval, 1-1.6 mm long, 0.9-1.1 mm wide; thin; exuviae yellow, placed centrally (Lindinger, 1909d). Female scale circular to slightly oval; very pale buff to dirty yellowish in colour; length about 2.5 mm. Scale of male smaller than that of female, flat, brownish in colour; exuviae yellowish to brown (Mamet, 1958a).
- Economic Importance: This afrotropical species has been recorded a pest of tea plants in Kenya and Malawi (Le Pelley, 1959), and citrus in Zimbabwe (Ebeling, 1959; Wilson & Goldsmid, 1962).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Lindinger (1909d), Brain (1918) and by Mamet (1958a).
Illustrations
Citations
- Almeid1973b: distribution, host, 11
- Bellio1939: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 236-239
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 674-676
- Benjam1968: distribution, host, 345-357
- Borchs1966: catalog, 257
- Brain1918: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 134
- DeLottNa1955: distribution, host, 53-60
- Ferris1941e: taxonomy, 48
- Gavril2018: reproduction, 242
- Ghesqu1932: distribution, host, 59
- Gowdey1917: distribution, host, 189
- Hall1928: distribution, host, 275
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 18
- Laing1932: distribution, host, 67
- Leonar1914: distribution, host, taxonomy, 203
- Lindin1909d: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 5,10
- Lindin1910b: distribution, host, 42
- MacGil1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 455
- Mamet1954: distribution, host, 22
- Mamet1958a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 411-412
- MatileNo1984: distribution, host, 66
- MayneGh1934: distribution, host, 3-38
- MillerDa1990: distribution, economic importance, host, 304
- NagarkSa1990: biological control, distribution, economic importance, host, 553-542
- Newste1917b: distribution, host, 132
- Nur1990b: life history, taxonomy, 196
- Prinsl1983: biological control, distribution, 27
- Sander1909a: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 54
- SchmutKlLu1957: distribution, economic importance, host, 494
- SchneiFiNo2019: key, taxonomy, 93
- Seabra1921: distribution, host, taxonomy, 98-99
- Seabra1925: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 30
- Vayssi1913: distribution, host, 431
- WaltonKrSa2009: distribution, economic importance, host, 1-6
- Watson2021: distribution, 524
- WeidneWa1968: taxonomy, 178
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 232
- WilsonGo1962: control, distribution, economic importance, host, 41-61
