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Chionaspis lintneri Comstock, 1883 (Diaspididae: Chionaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chionaspis lintneri Comstock 1883: 103. Type data: USA: New York?, on Viburnm lantanoides, alder and an unknown plant, date unknown, State entomologist of New York,. Syntypes, female, by original designation Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Syntypes in NYSM (McCabe & Johnson, 1980) and University of Mass., Amherst, Mass. Illustr.
• Chionaspis lintneri betulae Cooley 1898: 89. Type data: CANADA: Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, on Betula papyrifera, by James Fletcher. Syntypes, female, by original designation Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Ferris1937, SI-20). Notes: Liu, Kosztarab & Rhoades erroneously designated a lectotype of Chionaspis lintneri lintneri, but they were using syntype specimens of Chionaspis lintneri betulae for the designation. The slide that they designated was from Prince Edward Island, which was the type location of Chionaspis lintneri betulae. The result is that all type specimens of C. lintneri betulae and C.lintneri lintneri are syntypes.

Common Names

• cochenille de Lintner MawFoHa2000
• Lintner scale Dekle1965c
• Lintner scurfy scale LiuKoRh1989

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 10 | Genera: 14

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Gill1997: pp.75 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to California species of Chionaspis]
• Koszta1996: pp.441 ( 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.18 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of Chionaspis in North America]
• 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]
• Ferris1942: pp.50 ( ) [Key to species of Chionaspis]
• Britto1923: pp.362 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Chionaspis]
• MacGil1921: pp.328 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Chionaspis]
• Comsto1916: pp.559 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Chionaspis]
• Comsto1881a: pp.98 ( ) [Key to species of Chionaspis]

Remarks

• Systematics: Chionaspis lintneri can be distinguished from other Chionaspis species by the presence of submedian dorsal ducts; the gland spines on the prepygidial segments are numerous and prominent (McDaniel, 1971).
• Structure: Scale of female elongate oystershell-shaped, white to grayish white, about 2.5 mm long, exuviae yellow brown, ventral scale thin and white. Adult female spindle-shaped, laterally lobed, 1.3-1.4 mm long on slide. Male scale is oblong, tricarinate, white, 0.8-1.0 mm long, exuviae yellow (Kosztarab, 1963).
• Biology: Ferris (1937) states that records of Chionaspis lintneri from the western United States are "almost certainly in error."
• General Remarks: Liu et al. (1989) provide a detailed description and illustration. Detailed treatment of male morphs by Bullington et al. (1989).

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