Valid Names Results

Crenulaspidiotus sinuatus (Ferris, 1941) (Diaspididae: Crenulaspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

• Melanaspis sinuata Ferris 1941d: 365. Type data: PANAMA: Chiriqui Province, near David, Pedregal, on an undetermined tree.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (MillerDa1981,580). Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Crenulaspidiotus sinuata (Ferris, 1941); Borchsenius 1966: 579. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WeiScNo2021: pp.17-23 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidiotini from Panama]
• MillerDa1981: pp.537-538 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
• Ferris1943: pp.64 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• Ferris1942: pp.36 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

• Structure: Scale of the female of the type common to the genus, that of the male not recognized (Ferris, 1941d).
• Biology: Occurring concealed beneath bark flakes and actually within the soft bark of the host (Ferris, 1941d).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1941d) and Miller & Davidson (1981).

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