Valid Names Results

Pseudaulacaspis tenera (Green, 1922) (Diaspididae: Pseudaulacaspis)

Chionaspis tenera Green 1922a: 1019. Type data: SRI LANKA: Maha Illuppalama, on undetermined shrub. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Trichomytilus tener (Green, 1922); Lindinger 1933a: 166. change of combination
Phenacaspis tenera (Green, 1922); Ferris 1955d: 53. change of combination
Pseudaulacaspis tenera (Green, 1922); Takagi 1985: 50. change of combination
Pseuaulacaspis tenera; Williams, D.J. 2017a: 234. misspelling of genus name

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 2

Structure: Female scale white, very thin, delicate, elongate, narrow, gradually widening to the middle and then more abruptly narrowing to the posterior extremity; with median longitudinal channel. Larval exuviae pale stramineous; nymphal exuviae colorless, concealed, 2.25 mm long. Male scale uncarinated. Adult female pale yellow, elongate, narrow. Pygidium with the mesal lobes narrow, recessed, widely divergent, their bases confluent, their free margins minutely serrate. A single pair of prominent, duplex, lateral lobes, the base of the inner lobule extended inwards, 1.0-1.50 mm long (Green, 1922a).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Green (1922a).