Valid Names Results
Amorphococcus mesuae Green, 1902 (Asterolecaniidae: Amorphococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Amorphococcus mesuae Green 1902b: 261. Type data: SRI LANKA: Paradeniya, on Mesua ferrea.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (LambdiKo1975a,377). Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Calophyllaceae
- Mesua ferrea | Green1902b Green1937 LambdiKo1975a Varshn1992
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Sri Lanka | Green1902b Green1909a Green1937 LambdiKo1975a Varshn1992
Keys
- XuNiWu2022: pp.410 ( Adult (F) ) [Asterolecaniidae that induce galls]
Remarks
- Structure: Amorphococcus mesuae induces the formation of a rounded gall on smooth surface of twigs of Mesua ferrea, with a median apical aperture (Green, 1902b, 1937).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Green (1902b, 1909a) and by Lambdin & Kosztarab (1975a).
Illustrations
Citations
- Fernal1903b: 57
- Green1902b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 261-262
- Green1909a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 343-344
- Green1918: distribution, host, 144
- Green1937: catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 286
- GullanMiCo2005: distribution, host, life history, structure, taxonomy, 163,173-178
- LambdiKo1975a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 376-381
- MacGil1921: taxonomy, 190
- TangHa1995: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 280-281
- Varshn1985a: catalog, 23
- Varshn1992: distribution, host, 68
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 204
- XuNiWu2022: key, 410
