Valid Names Results
Clavaspis texana Ferris, 1938 (Diaspididae: Clavaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Clavaspis texana Ferris 1938a: 210. Type data: U.S.A.: Texas, Chisos Mountain, on Diospyros or Brayodendron texanum.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 2
- Ebenaceae
- Diospyros texana | Ferris1938a McDani1968
- Rhamnaceae
- Ziziphus obtusifolia | Ferris1938a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Mexico
- San Luis Potosi | Ferris1955b
- United States
- Alabama | WaltmaRaWi2016
- Texas | Ferris1938a McDani1968
Keys
- McDani1968: pp.232 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: Texas]
- Ferris1942: pp.32 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Remarks
- Structure: Scales white, that of the female irregularly circular, quite flat, exuviae subcentral, that of the male elongate, exuvia central (Ferris, 1938a).
- Biology: Occurring on the bark, usually covered with a film of epidermis of the host (Ferris, 1938a). Associated with fungus Septobasidium (Ferris, 1955b).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1938a).
Illustrations
Citations
- AndersWuGr2010: molecular data, 992-1003
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 316
- Borchs1966: catalog, 319
- Ferris1938a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 210
- Ferris1942: taxonomy, 446:32
- Ferris1955b: distribution, host, life history, 25
- Lindin1957: taxonomy, 547
- McDani1968: distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 240,242
- McKenz1939: taxonomy, 43
- Nakaha1982: distribution, host, 25
- NormarOkMo2019: distribution, phylogeny, 17, S1, S6
- RossHaOk2012: phylogeny, taxonomy, 199
- RugmanAnMo2010: molecular data, phylogenetics, taxonomy, 30-38
- SchneiFiNo2019: key, taxonomy, 92
- WaltmaRaWi2016: distribution, 231
