Valid Names Results

Sinistraspis unilateralis (Newstead, 1913) (Diaspididae: Sinistraspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chionaspis unilateralis Newstead 1913: 79-80. Type data: BARBADOS: Merton Lodge, on Thrinax sp., 22/01/1913, by H.B. Bannister. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Phenacaspis unilateralis (Newstead, 1913); Sasscer 1915: 36. change of combination
• Sinistraspis unilateralis (Newstead, 1913); MacGillivray 1921: 353. change of combination
• Trichomytilus unilateralis (Newstead, 1913); Lindinger 1933a: 166. change of combination
• Sinistraspis unilateralis (Newstead, 1913); Borchsenius 1966: 135. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 10 | Genera: 15

Geographic Distribution

Keys

Remarks

• Systematics: Sinistraspis unilateralis is characteristic in the asymmetrical occurrence of some features and especially in having huge multiglandular spines on the left lobes of the 2nd and 3rd abdominal segments (Takagi, 2000).
• Structure: Female test slender, white, thin; exuvial casts pale yellow to light brown; male test felted, with a median carina (Takagi, 2000).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Takagi (2000).

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