Conchaspis capensis
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
Family: | Conchaspididae |
Genus: | Conchaspis |
Species: | C. capensis
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Binomial name | |
Conchaspis capensis | |
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Conchaspis capensis is a species of scale insect from South Africa found on Metalasia muricata and Phylica species. It was originally described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1763 work Centuria Insectorum.
Description
A number of characteristics differentiate Conchaspis capensis from other
Distribution
Conchaspis capensis is only known to occur in South Africa.[1]
Host plants
C. capensis has been found on a range of host plants, belonging to two families. In the Rhamnaceae, several species of Phylica have acted as hosts, including Phylica axillaris, Phylica capitata, Phylica nervosa and Phylica stipularis, while in the Compositae (=Asteraceae), only Metalasia muricata has been recorded as a host for C. capensis,[1] and this may refer to Metalasia densa, which was not differentiated from Metalasia muricata in Linnaeus' time.[4]
Taxonomy
Conchaspis capensis was first described by Carl Linnaeus as Coccus capensis, based on material he had been sent from the Cape of Good Hope by the province's governor, Ryk Tulbagh. It is unclear whether Tulbagh deliberately sent the scale insects, or whether they were merely attached to a plant which Tulbagh sent to Linnaeus.[4]
Linnaeus' description appeared in
References
- ^ a b c d e "Conchaspis capensis (Linnaeus)". ScaleNet. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on June 21, 2010. Retrieved June 17, 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Other scales species list". ScaleNet. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on June 17, 2010. Retrieved June 17, 2010.
- ISBN 978-3-11-014898-5.
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