Valid Names Results

Symeria leptospermi (Maskell, 1882) (Diaspididae: Symeria)

Nomenclatural History

• Mytilaspis leptospermi Maskell 1882: 215-216. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: on Leptospermum sp.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (DeitzTo1980,38). Type depository: Christchurch: Canterbury Museum, New Zealand; accepted valid name Notes: Lectotype on original slide labeled "Mytilaspis/Leptospermi/from Manuka tree/puparium and female/April 1881 W.M.M." and "Lectotype/Mytilaspis/leptospermi/Maskell, 1882/desig. Deitz & Tocker 1979." Material also in BMNH, NZAC and USNM (Deitz & Tocker, 1980). Illustr.
• Lepidosaphes leptospermi (Maskell, 1882); Fernald 1903b: 310. change of combination
• Triaspidis leptospermi (Maskell, 1882); MacGillivray 1921: 277. change of combination
• Symeria leptospermi (Maskell, 1882); Deitz & Tocker 1980: 38. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MacGil1921: pp.277 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Triaspidis] Key as: Triaspidis leptospermi
• Leonar1903: pp.30 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to speceis of Mytilaspis leptospermi] Key as: Mytilaspis leptospermi

Remarks

• Systematics: S. leptospermi is closest to S. pyriformis but differs in the absence of dorsal ducts on the pygidium, the presence of dorsal ducts wrapped around body on to venter, and the median lobes more broad and prominent.
• Structure: Female scale flat, elongated, irregularly pyriform, light brown. The secretion forming the scale is mixed with bark from host, arranged longitudinally. Male scale narrower and darker. Adult female greyish-green, elongated, segmented (Maskell, 1887a).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Henderson, 2011.

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