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Species Conchaspis angraeci Cockerell, 1893

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

 

ID Keys

(Takagi, S., 1997) [42] (female, first & second-instar nymph; Asia, world); (Ben-Dov, Y., 1974) [370] (female; world); (Mamet, J.R., 1954) [238] (female; world)

 

GENERAL

Description and illustration of adult female by Lepage, H.S. 1939. Duas novas espécies de coccídeos do Brasil (Homoptera–Coccoidea). Archivos do Instituto Biológico (São Paulo) 10: 313–318 (as C. angraeci and as C. baiensis), Mamet, J.R. 1954. A monograph of the Conchaspididae Green (Hemiptera: Coccoidea). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 105: 189–239 and by Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W. 1990. The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Pt. 3: The soft scales (Coccidae) and other families. London : CAB International Institute of Entomology 267 pp.. Takagi, S. 1992. A contribution to Conchaspidid systematics (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Insecta Matsumurana 46: 1–71 and Takagi, S. 1997. Further material of Conchaspis from southeast Asia (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Conchaspididae). Insecta Matsumurana 53: 27–79 presented SEM micrographs of various structures of the adult female. Takagi (1997) evaluated the intraspecific variation in some taxonomic characters of the adult female and nymphs.

STRUCTURE

Scale of female subcircular, slightly conical; apex bluntly pointed; six to eight ridges or carinae are radiating from the apex, not all of them reaching the margin; colour white, sub-opaque, while the areas between the ridges are darker.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
05-Jun-2024 COCCOIDEA 25-Mar-2024 MODIFIED Dr Vivian Sandoval (ABRS)
21-Nov-2012 01-May-2014 MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012 29-Jun-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)