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Crassaspis multipora (Ferris, 1919) (Diaspididae: Crassaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Pseudodiaspis multipora Ferris 1919e: 275-276. Type data: CALIFORNIA: San Diego County, Julian, on Phoradendron flavescens. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Situlaspis multipora (Ferris, 1919); Ferris 1937: 123. change of combination
• Crassaspis multipora (Ferris, 1919); Ferris 1942: SIV-446:51. change of combination
• Pseudodiospis multipora; Lindinger 1957: 547. misspelling of genus name
• Crassaspis multipora (Ferris, 1919); Borchsenius 1966: 155. change of combination

Common Names

• mistletoe situlaspis scale Borchs1966

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Gill1997: pp.261 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to California species of Situlaspis] Key as: Situlaspis multipora
• McKenz1956: pp.35 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Situlaspis] Key as: Situlaspis multipora
• Ferris1942: pp.SIV:446:51 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Crassaspis]
• MacGil1921: pp.364 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Pseudodiaspis] Key as: Pseudodiaspis multipora

Remarks

• Systematics: Crassaspis multipora is a peculiar species, perhaps most closely resembling Situlaspis condaliae, but differing in many respects, especially in not having the cephalothorax produced laterally and in the deeply furrowed appearance of the pygidium (Ferris, 1919e).
• Structure: Female scale about 1 mm in diameter, white, circular, convex, exuviae subcentral, with a thick ventral scale. Male scale elongate, white, exuviae terminal (Ferris, 1937).
• Biology: Crassaspis multipora occurs on the stem of its host, with a tendency to concealment under any irregularities (Ferris, 1937).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Ferris (1919e).

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