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Diaspidiotus mairei (Balachowsky)NOMENCLATURE:
Hemiberlesia mairei Balachowsky, 1928a: 128. Type data: MOROCCO: South Taroudant, Adar-Quaman (Anti-Atlas), on Laburnum platycarpum; collected 1922. Holotype female. Type depository: Paris: Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, France. Described: female. Illust.
Targionia regnieri Rungs, 1933: 114. Type data: MOROCCO: Mamora Forest, on Ulex spectabilis; collected by Ch. Rungs, 28.iii.1933. Holotype female. Type depository: Paris: Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, France. Described: female. Illust. Synonymy by Borchsenius, 1966: 333.
Hemiberlesea mairei; Balachowsky, 1935b: 257. Misspelling of genus name.
Aspidiotus mairei; Lindinger, 1936: 157. Change of combination.
Hemiberlesea mairei; Gómez-Menor Ortega, 1937: 118. Misspelling of genus name.
Hemiberlesia regnieri; Ferris, 1941e: 47. Change of combination.
Quadraspidiotus mairei; Balachowsky, 1950b: 440. Change of combination.
Diaspidiotus mairei; Danzig & Pellizzari, 1998: 235. Change of combination.
Hosts: Asteraceae: Adenocarpus bacquei [Rungs1935]. Crassulaceae: Sedum album [Balach1932d]. Fabaceae: Calycotome intermedia [Rungs1948], Cytisus [Balach1932d], Cytisus fontanesii [Rungs1935], Cytisus grandiflorus [Rungs1935], Cytisus triflorus [Rungs1935], Genista [Balach1932d, GomezM1937, Martin1983], Genista ferox microphylla [Balach1928a, Balach1932d], Genista ferox [Rungs1948], Genista tricuspidata [Rungs1948], Laburnum anagyroides [GomezM1937, GomezM1946, Martin1983], Laburnum platycarpum [Balach1928a, Balach1932d], Retama [Balach1950b], Retama monosperma [Rungs1948], Retama sphaerocarpa [Balach1935b, GomezM1937, Martin1983], Ulex spectabilis [Rungs1933, Rungs1935]. Globulariaceae: Globularia cordifolia [Pelliz2003]. Liliaceae: Asparagus stipularis [Rungs1948]. Oleaceae: Olea europaea [Rungs1935]. Sapotaceae: Argania spinosa [Balach1932d, Rungs1952].
DISTRIBUTION: Palaearctic: Italy [Pelliz2003]; Morocco [Balach1928a, Balach1932d, Rungs1933, Rungs1948]; Spain [Balach1935b, GomezM1937, GomezM1946, Martin1983, BlayGo1993].
GENERAL REMARKS: Description and illustration of adult female by Balachowsky (1928a, 1950b).
STRUCTURE: Female scale circular, diameter 1.8-2 mm; highly convex; colour grey; exuviae central or subcentral brown, covered with white secretion; ventral vellum well developed (Balachowsky, 1928a). Male scale flat, oval, white with dark yellow exuviae, 1.2-1.4 mm (Balachowsky, 1950b).
KEYS: Blay Goicoechea 1993: 528-529 (female) [Spain]; Balachowsky 1950b: 399 (female) [Mediterranean]; Balachowsky 1928a: 132 (female) [North Africa].
CITATIONS: Balach1928a [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 128-129]; Balach1929a [host, distribution: 316]; Balach1932 [taxonomy, host, distribution: VI-VII]; Balach1935b [host, distribution: 257]; Balach1950b [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 440-443]; BenDovGe2003 [catalogue: 388-389]; BlayGo1993 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 549-553]; Borchs1966 [catalogue: 333]; DanzigPe1998 [catalogue: 235]; Ferris1941e [taxonomy: 45,47]; Ferris1943a [taxonomy: 86]; GomezM1937 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 118-121]; GomezM1946 [host, distribution: 62]; GomezM1958a [host, distribution: 8]; Lindin1936 [taxonomy: 157]; Martin1983 [taxonomy, host, distribution: 67]; Pelliz2003 [host, distribution: 103]; Rungs1933 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 114-117]; Rungs1935 [host, distribution: 272-274]; Rungs1936 [taxonomy: 53]; Rungs1948 [host, distribution: 110]; Rungs1952 [host, distribution: 71].
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