Valid Names Results
Palmaspis phoenicis (Ramachandra Rao, 1922) (Asterolecaniidae: Palmaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Asterolecanium phoenicis Ramachandra Rao 1922: 11. Type data: IRAQ: on date palm [= Phoenix dactylifera.. Syntypes, female, by subsequent designation accepted valid name Notes: Depository of type material unknown.
- Asterolecanium phoenicis Green 1923a: 469. Type data: IRAQ: Baghdad, on the leaf-stalks, leaves and fruits of Phoenix dactylifera. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; synonym and homonym (discovered by Russel1941, 154-156). Replacement name for Asterolecanium phoenicis Ramachandra Rao, 1922 Illustr.
- Palmaspis phoenicis (Ramachandra Rao, 1922); Bodenheimer 1951: 328. change of combination
- Palmapsis phoenicis; El-Shafie 2012. misspelling of genus name
Common Names
- green date palm pit scale AbdRabEv2021
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Arecaceae
- Phoenix dactylifera | Beccar1971 Borchs1960d Green1923a MohammMoMo1997 Russel1941
Foes:
Families: 3 | Genera: 3
- Chrysopidae
- Chrysoperla | YousofMaHo2013
- Coccinellidae
- Pharoscymnus numidicus | YousofMaHo2013
- Cybocephalidae
- Cybocephalus | YousofMaHo2013
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 8
- Egypt | MohammMoMo1997
- Iran | Borchs1960d Kaussa1957 Moghad2009 Moghad2013a
- Iraq | Borchs1960d Green1923a Russel1941
- Israel | KehatAm1967
- Libya | Ali2018
- Qatar | YousofMaHo2013
- Saudi Arabia | Beccar1971
- Sudan | AbbasEl1992
Keys
- Russel1941: pp.12-26 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Asterolecanium]
- Russel1941: pp.26-35 ( Immature (F) ) [Species of Asterolecanium]
Remarks
Illustrations
Citations
- AbbasEl1992: distribution, host, 115
- AbdRabEv2021: distribution, host, 28
- Ahmed2007: chemical control, distribution, host, 369-389
- Ali2018: distribution, economic importance, host, 12
- Beccar1971: distribution, host, 193
- BenDov2012: catalog, distribution, host, 24, 42
- Blumbe2008: distribution, economic importance, host, 416-417
- Bodenh1951: taxonomy, 328
- Borchs1960d: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 173-174
- ElShaf2012: host, 516, 518, 519
- ElShafAbAl2017: host, 4
- ElmerCaCl1968: distribution, economic importance, host, 77-91
- Gavril2018: reproduction, 233
- Green1923a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 469-470
- HowardMoGi2001: distribution, economic importance, host,
- Kaussa1957: distribution, host, 2
- Kehat1967a: biological control, distribution, host, 119-125
- KehatAm1967: control, description, distribution, host, life history, taxonomy, 85-93
- KehatSwBa1961: chemical control, distribution, host, 835-838
- KehatSwBa1964: chemical control, distribution, host, 19-27
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 9
- KozarDr1998: catalog, 29
- KozarFoZa1996: distribution, host, 65
- Lepesm1947: distribution, host, 254
- Matile1996: taxonomy, 263
- Moghad2009: distribution, host, 2-3
- Moghad2013: distribution, host, 6
- MoghadWa2024: diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, 7, 14, 27-28
- MoghadZa2024: distribution, host, 770
- MohammGh2008: distribution, 149
- MohammMoMo1997: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 195-196, 224
- Ramach1922: description, economic importance, taxonomy, 11
- Razig2014: distribution, economic importance, host, 64
- Russel1941: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 154-155,287
- SchmutKlLu1957: distribution, economic importance, host, 451
- TangHa1995: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 323-324
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 205
- YousofMaHo2013: biological control, description, distribution, host, illustration, life history, 42-48
