Valid Names Results
Aulacaspis megaloba Scott, 1952 (Diaspididae: Aulacaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Aulacaspis megaloba Scott 1952: 38. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan, Kunming, North Park, on Rubus sp., 1949, by G.F. Ferris. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 2
- Rhamnaceae
- Ziziphus jujuba | Mohamm1963
- Rosaceae
- Rubus | Scott1952
- Rubus canescens | Chen1983 | (= Rubus triphyllus)
- Rubus ellipticus | Takagi2017
- Rubus paniculatus | Takagi2017
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- China
- Nepal | Takagi2017
Keys
- JianXi2024: pp.595-597 ( Adult (F) ) [Aulacaspis from China]
- TianXi2022: pp.174-176 ( Adult (F) ) [Aulacaspis species from China]
- WeiJiZh2016: pp.21 ( Adult (F) ) [Aulacaspis from China]
- Chen1983: pp.35 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Aulacaspis]
- Chou1982: pp.128 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of Aulacaspis]
- Scott1952: pp.36 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Aulacaspis]
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale dull, white, convex, circular or slightly oval, about 1.7-2.0mm in diameter. Male scale white, elongate, tricarinate, about 1.2mm long. Second instar female with 5 marginal macroducts on abd III–VII or 4 on IV–VII; at times with a small submarginal macroduct occurring on V in association with 5 marginal macroducts. Smples occuring at higher altitudes generally have more numerous wax organs.(Takagi, 2017)
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Scott (1952). Detailed redescription and illustration in Takagi, 2017.
Illustrations
Citations
- Ali1969: distribution, host, taxonomy, 72
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 138
- Chen1983: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 35, 48-49, 135
- Chou1982: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 128, 139
- Chou1986: illustration, 549
- DanzigPe1998: catalog, distribution, host, 198
- Ferris1953: distribution, host, 60
- Gavril2018: reproduction, 235
- Hua2000: distribution, host, 148
- JianXi2024: key, 596
- KozarWa1985: catalog, distribution, 82
- MartinLa2011: catalog, distribution, host, 39
- Scott1952: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 36, 38
- Takagi1961a: taxonomy, 76
- Takagi2017: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, morphology, 79, 94-96, 101-102, 125-127
- Tao1999: distribution, host, 75-76
- TianXi2022: distribution, key, 173, 175
- WeiJiZh2016: key, 21
- Yang1982: taxonomy, 243
