Valid Names Results

Chionaspis hamoni Liu & Kosztarab, 1987 (Diaspididae: Chionaspis)

Chionaspis hamoni Liu & Kosztarab 1987: 513-516. Type data: UNITED STATES: Florida, Steinhatchee, on Salix nigra, 02/12/1981, by F. McHenry. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Gainesville: Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Division of Plant Industry, Florida, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes in VPIC, FSCA, USNM, UCDC and CDAE. Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

LiuKoRh1989: pp.18 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of Chionaspis in North America]

Systematics: Chionaspis hamoni is close to C. longiloba and all previous specimens from Florida were identified and confirmed as C. longiloba by previous workers. It differs from C. longiloba by having dorsal submedian and submarginal macroducts on abdominal segment II, while in C. longiloba these macroducts are absent; also the median lobes are not as long and as acutely pointed, with more or less sclerotized base on each lobe in the new species, whereas C. longiloba is characterized by the elongated and acutely pointed median lobes (Liu & Kosztarab, 1987).
Structure: Test of adult female elongate oystershell-shaped, white or dirty white, sometimes of same color as bark, thus difficult to detect; rather small, about 1.5- 2.0 mm long, moderately concave. Exuviae terminal, occupying about one third of total length of test, yellowish brown. Ventral test very thin, white. Body of adult female spindle-shaped, produced laterally and broadened posteriorly, widest at abdominal segment I or II (Liu et al., 1989).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Liu et al. (1989).