Valid Names Results
Acutaspis agavis (Townsend & Cockerell, 1898) (Diaspididae: Acutaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Aspidiotus agavis Townsend & Cockerell 1898: 178. Type data: MEXICO: Toluca, on leaves of Agave sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
- Chrysomphalus agavis (Townsend & Cockerell, 1898); Cockerell 1899a: 396. change of combination
- Acutaspis agavis (Townsend & Cockerell, 1898); Ferris 1941d: 329. change of combination
- Melanaspis agavis (Townsend & Cockerell, 1898); Lindinger 1943a: 147. change of combination
- Melanaspis agaves (Townsend & Cockerell, 1898); Lindinger 1943a: 147. emendation that is unjustified (discovered by Borchs1966, 354).
- Acutaspis agavis (Townsend & Cockerell, 1898); Borchsenius 1966: 354. revived combination (previously published)
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 2
- Asparagaceae
- Agave | Ferris1941d
- Agave atrovirens | RodrigNaVa2019
- Agave durangensis | RodrigNaVa2019
- Agave fourcroydes | RodrigNaVa2019
- Agave lechuguilla | Ferris1941d McDani1968
- Agave tequilana | MyartsRuCo2016
- Yucca | JansenAl2023
Foes:
Families: 1 | Genera: 3
- Aphelinidae
- Ablerus elegantulus | MyartsRuCo2016
- Aphytis diaspidis | RosenDe1979
- Aphytis mytilaspidis | MyartsRu2000
- Encarsia ameca | MyartsRuCo2016
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 6
- Colombia | NormarOkMo2019 SchneiOkNo2018
- Costa Rica | Nakaha1982
- Mexico | Cocker1899n MyartsRu2000
- Colima | Ferris1941d
- Durango | RodrigNaVa2019
- Guanajuato | SalasAJoMo2008
- Jalisco | RodrigNaVa2019
- Mexico State | Ferris1941d
- Puebla | Ferris1941d
- Tamaulipas | RodrigNaVa2019
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Trinidad | Nakaha1982
- United States
- Arizona | Nakaha1982
- California | NormarOkMo2019
- Florida | Wilson1917
- Texas | Ferris1941d McDani1968
- Venezuela | Nakaha1982
Keys
- McDani1968: pp.202 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: Texas]
- Ferris1942: pp.29 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Remarks
- Systematics: The phylogeny in Schneider, et al., (2018) highlights several problematic species with questionable boundaries. Several Acutaspis species are interdigitated within the Melanaspis clade, including A. agavis,
- Structure: Scale of the female quite convex, circular with one side somewhat produced; exuviae black beneath a film of wax and surrounded by a band that is yellowish brown, the margins of the scale whitish. Scale of the male oval, yellowish brown (Ferris, 1941d).
- Biology: Occurring exposed upon the leaves (Ferris, 1941d).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1941d).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 38-39
- Borchs1966: catalog, 354
- Castel1951a: biological control, 95-98
- Cocker1899a: taxonomy, 396
- Cocker1899n: distribution, host, 26
- Cocker1905: distribution, host, taxonomy, 46
- DeSant1979: biological control,
- Fernal1903b: 285
- Ferris1937c: illustration, taxonomy, 51,79
- Ferris1941d: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 329
- Ferris1941e: taxonomy, 40
- Ferris1942: taxonomy, 29
- Gordh1979: biological control, 894
- JansenAl2023: dispersal, host, 24
- Leonar1900: distribution, host, taxonomy, 342
- Lindin1943a: taxonomy, 147
- Lindin1957: taxonomy, 544
- MacGil1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 421
- McDani1968: distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 202-204
- McKenz1939: taxonomy, 53
- McKenz1947: taxonomy, 34
- MyartsRu2000: biological control, distribution, 7-33
- MyartsRuCo2016: distribution, host, natural enemies, 82-84
- Nakaha1982: distribution, host, 3
- NormarOkMo2019: distribution, host, phylogeny, 11, S2
- RodrigNaVa2019: distribution, host, 467
- RosenDe1979: biological control, distribution, host, 405-409
- SalasAJoMo2008: biological control, distribution, ecology, host, life history, 289-298
- SchneiFiNo2019: key, taxonomy, 92
- SchneiOkNo2018: phylogenetics, phylogeny,
- SchneiOkNo2018: phylogeny,
- TownseCo1898: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 178-179
- Willia1985a: catalog, taxonomy, 231
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 217
- Wilson1917: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 15
