Valid Names Results

Clavaspis coursetiae (Marlatt, 1908) (Diaspididae: Clavaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Aspidiotus (Diaspidiotus) coursetiae Marlatt 1908c: 20. Type data: MEXICO: Hormosillo, on Coursetia glandulosa; collected by Albert Koebele, 23 & 24 April 1897.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Aspidiotus coursetiae Marlatt, 1908; Sanders 1909a: 52. change of combination
• Diaspidiotus coursetiae (Marlatt, 1908); MacGillivray 1921: 413. change of combination
• Clavaspis coursetiae (Marlatt, 1908); Ferris 1938a: 203. change of combination
• Aspidiotus (Clavaspis) coursetiae Marlatt, 1908; Merrill 1953: 17. change of combination
• Clavaspis coursetiae (Marlatt, 1908); Borchsenius 1966: 317. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

• pigeon plum scale Dekle1965c

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 14 | Genera: 21

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WeiScNo2021: pp.17-23 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidiotini from Panama]
• McDani1968: pp.231-232 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: Texas]
• Ferris1942: pp.32 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale nearly circular, 1.5 mm in diameter; of medium density, depressed; colour greyish, more or less soiled by adhering extraneous matter; exuviae sublateral, covered. Male scale similar, of normal shape (Marlatt, 1908c). Scales gray or whitish, that of the female circular, flat, exuvia subcentral, that of the male elongate oval, exuvia near one end (Ferris, 1938a).
• Biology: Occurring on the bark of the host (Ferris, 1938a).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Marlatt (1908c) and by Ferris (1938a).

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