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Ancepaspis quadridentata Ferris, 1942 (Diaspididae: Ancepaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Ancepaspis quadridentata Ferris 1942: SIV-437. Type data: MEXICO: Guerrero, near Acapulco, La Providencia, on unidentified oak, 1926, by G.F. Ferris. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Fagaceae
- Fagaceae | Ferris1942
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Mexico
- Guerrero | Ferris1942
Keys
- Ferris1942: pp.SIV-446:66 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Ancepaspis]
Remarks
- Systematics: This species is immediately distinguishable from other known species of Ancepaspis by the four-lobed pygidium (Ferris, 1942).
- Structure: Adult female elongate, derm slightly sclerotic throughout, a circular area about the mouthparts being more so than the remainder and the pygidium being strongly so (Ferris, 1942).
- Biology: Occurring on the young twigs of host, imbedded in the thick tomentum and appearing merely as minute brown specks (Ferris, 1942).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration by Ferris (1942).
Illustrations
Citations
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 79
- BrownMc1962: chemistry, structure, 152, 155, 158, 159
- Ferris1942: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, SIV-437, SIV-446:66
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 230
