Valid Names Results
Diaspidiotus laurinus (Lindinger, 1912) (Diaspididae: Diaspidiotus)Nomenclatural History
- Targionia laurina Lindinger 1912b: 198. Type data: MADEIRA: on Oreodaphne (=Ocotea) foetens.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Hamburg: Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Universitat von Hamburg, Germany; accepted valid name
- Gonaspidiotus laurinus (Lindinger, 1912); MacGillivray 1921: 432. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender
- Cryptaspidiotus laurinus (Lindinger, 1912); Lindinger 1935: 146. change of combination
- Quadraspidiotus laurinus (Lindinger, 1912); Ferris 1943a: 86. change of combination
- Diaspidiotus laurinus (Lindinger, 1912); Danzig & Pellizzari 1998: 234. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 3 | Genera: 4
- Fabaceae
- Cytisus supranubius | GomezM1962 | (= Spartocytisus nubigenus)
- Lauraceae
- Apollonias barbujana | Ferris1943a Green1923b | (= Laurus canariensis)
- Ocotea foetens | Balach1938a Ferris1943a Green1923b Lindin1912b Balach1938a | (= Oreodaphne foetens),
- Zygophyllaceae
- Zygophyllum fontanesii | GomezM1962 | (= Tetraena fontanesii)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 3
- Azores | FrancoRuMa2011
- Canary Islands | GomezM1962 MatileOr2001
- Madeira Islands | Balach1938a Ferris1943a Lindin1912b
Keys
- Balach1950b: pp.399 ( Adult (F) ) [Mediterranean]
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale dark brown, elongated, 1-1.5 mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide; exuviae brown, subcentral, broadly elliptical to circular (Lindinger, 1912b). Scale of the female quite convex, dark brown or reddish, circular but produced at one side into a sort of spout. Scale of the male very small, oval, pale (Ferris, 1943a).
- Biology: Infesting leaves and bark (Ferris, 1943a).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1943a) and by Balachowsky (1950b). Description of adult female by Gomez-Menor Guerrero (1962).
Illustrations
Citations
- Balach1938a: distribution, host, 152
- Balach1950b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 437-440
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 382-383
- Borchs1966: catalog, 332
- DanzigPe1998: catalog, 234
- Ferris1943a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 86,97-98,109
- FrancoRuMa2011: distribution, 2,10,23
- GomezM1962: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 173-175
- Green1923b: distribution, host, 89
- Lindin1912b: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 198,227
- Lindin1935: taxonomy, 146
- MacGil1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 432
- MatileOr2001: distribution, host, 190
- PellizPo2017: distribution, 99
- PellizPo2017: distribution, host, 107
- PorcelPeMa2012: structure, 320
- Sassce1915: distribution, host, taxonomy, 35
- WeidneWa1968: taxonomy, 179
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 226
