Valid Names Results

Clavaspis barbigera Ferris, 1954 (Diaspididae: Clavaspis)

Nomenclatural History

Clavaspis barbigera Ferris 1954: 43. Type data: U.S.A.: Florida, at Miami, on mastic [=Bursera simaruba?]; collected by O.D. Link, February 25, 1953. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

barbigera scale Dekle1965c

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Burseraceae

Bursera simaruba | Balach1932d

Sapotaceae

Sideroxylon | Dekle1965c

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 2

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad | Nakaha1982

United States

Florida | Balach1932d Dekle1965c

Keys

Remarks

Structure: Only slide-mounted specimens were available to Ferris (1954).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1954).

Illustrations

Citations

BenDovGe2003: catalog, 305
Borchs1966: catalog, 317
Dekle1965c: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 44
Dekle1976: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 63
Ferris1954: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 43
Nakaha1982: distribution, host, 23