Valid Names Results
Acutaspis subnigra McKenzie, 1947 (Diaspididae: Acutaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Acutaspis subnigra McKenzie 1947: 33. Type data: PERU: Tulumayo-Tingo Maria, at the Delicias Plantacion, on Persea americana.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Pseudischnaspis subnigra (McKenzie, 1947); Lindinger 1957: 544. change of combination
- Acutaspis subnigra McKenzie, 1947; Borchsenius 1966: 356. revived combination (previously published)
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Lauraceae
- Persea americana | McKenz1947
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Peru | McKenz1947
Keys
- EvansWaMi2009: pp.63-67 ( Adult (F) ) [Diaspididae species found on avocado]
Remarks
- Structure: Scale of the female practically circular, averaging 2mm. in diameter, chocolate brown (from whence the name was derived) with exuvium subcentral; scale of the male unknown (McKenzie, 1947).
- Biology: Occurring on the leaves of avocado (McKenzie, 1947).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by McKenzie (1947).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 51
- Borchs1966: catalog, 356
- EvansWaMi2009: taxonomy, 63-67
- Lindin1957: taxonomy, 544
- McKenz1947: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 33-35
