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Aulacaspis depressa (Zehntner)

NOMENCLATURE:

Chionaspis depressa Zehntner, 1897: 20-24. Type data: EAST JAVA:. Syntypes, female. Described: female and first instar. Illust. Notes: Type material lost in fire (Zehntner, 1954).

Aulacaspis depressa; Borchsenius, 1966: 136. Change of combination.

COMMON NAME: depressed scale [VelasqRi1969].

Foe: HYMENOPTERA Aphelinidae: Aphelinus simplex [RaoSa1969].

Host: Poaceae: Saccharum ciliare [Zehntn1897].

DISTRIBUTION: Oriental: China (Jiangxi (=Kiangsi) [MacGil1921]); India [Earle1928]; Indonesia (Java [Zehntn1897]); Philippines [RaoSa1969].

SYSTEMATICS: Aulacaspis depressa resembles Duplachionaspis saccharifolii Zehntner, but the females are smaller (Rao & Sankaran, 1969).

ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE AND CONTROL: This species is a pest of sugar cane (Rao & Sankaran, 1969).

CITATIONS: Borchs1966 [catalogue, distribution, host, taxonomy: 136]; Box1953 [distribution, host: 52]; Cocker1899a [taxonomy: 398]; Earle1928 [distribution, economic importance, host: 173]; Fernal1903b [catalogue, distribution, host: 215]; Ferris1956 [taxonomy: 73]; Hazelh1929 [distribution, host: 3]; Koning1908 [distribution, taxonomy: 4]; MacGil1921 [taxonomy: 304]; Pember1963 [distribution, economic importance, host: 681]; Pierce1917 [distribution, economic importance, host: 206]; Pierce1931 [host: 583]; Quaint1913 [distribution, host: 63]; RaoSa1969 [biological control, distribution, host: 337]; vanDev1906 [description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy: 250-252]; VelasqRi1969 [distribution: 196]; WilliaWa1993 [distribution, host: 650]; Zehntn1897 [description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy: 20-24].

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