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Chionaspis gleditsiae Sanders, 1903 (Diaspididae: Chionaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chionaspis gleditsiae Sanders 1903: 413. Type data: UNITED STATES: Ohio, Columbus, on Gleditsia triacanthos. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (LiuKoRh1989,52). Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Paralectotypes in UCDC, CDAE, NYSM and USNM. Illustr.
• Phenacaspis spinicola Dietz & Morrison 1916a: 101-102. Type data: UNITED STATES: Indiana, Indianapolis, on Gleditsia triacanthos, 15/09/1915; Vincennes, on Gleditsia triacanthos, 31/08/1915. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Columbus: Ohio State University Collection of Insects and Spiders, Ohio, USA; Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior synonym (discovered by TakagiKa1967, 34). Illustr.
• Trichomytilus spinicola (Dietz & Morrison, 1916); Lindinger 1933a: 166. change of combination

Common Names

• honey locust chionaspis Hollin1923
• honey locust scale Dekle1965c
• honey-locust scurfy scale LiuKoRh1989

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 6 | Genera: 9

Foes:

Families: 3 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Gill1997: pp.75 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to California species of Chionaspis]
• Koszta1996: pp.439 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Chionaspis]
• BullinKoJi1989: pp.135 ( Adult (M) ) [Key to 17 adult male morphs of 12 species of North American Chionaspis]
• LiuKoRh1989: pp.16 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of Chionaspis in North America]
• McDani1972a: pp.336 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the Texas species of the genus Phenacaspis Cooley and Cockerell] Key as: Phenacaspis spinicola
• McDani1971: pp.282 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the Texas species of the genus Chionaspis Signoret]
• Koszta1963: pp.62 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Chionaspis]
• Koszta1963: pp.91 ( ) [Key to Ohio species of Phenacaspis] Key as: Phenacaspis spinicola
• McKenz1956: pp.30 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Chionaspis]
• Ferris1942: pp.50 ( ) [Key to species of Chionaspis]
• Hollin1923: pp.19 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Chionaspis known to occur in Missouri]
• MacGil1921: pp.328 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Chionaspis]
• Lawson1917: pp.260 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Chionaspis in Kansas]
• DietzMo1916a: pp.264 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chionaspis species of Indiana]
• Sander1904a: pp.43 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chionaspis species of Ohio]

Remarks

• Systematics: Chionaspis gleditsiae can be told from other Chionaspis species by the median lobes that appear to be fused for about half their length. Also, the median zygosis is weakly developed (McDaniel, 1971).
• Structure: Scale of female oystershell-shaped, light gray to dirty white, about 1.5-2.0 mm long, exuviae at one end. Scale of male elongated, white, about .6 mm long, exuviae yellow. Female spindle-shaped, segments laterally rounded, overwintering females yellow, after laying eggs brown (Kosztarab, 1963).
• Biology: This species overwinters as mature females with an average of 21 eggs counted under females in June (Kosztarab, 1963).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Sanders (1903). Later detailed description and illustration by Liu et al. (1989). Detailed treatment of male morphs by Bullington et al. (1989).

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