Valid Names Results
Dactylaspis calcarata (Ferris, 1921) (Diaspididae: Dactylaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Lepidosaphes calcarata Ferris 1921: 112-114. Type data: MEXICO: Baja California Sur, La Paz, on Haematoxylon boreale. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Chionaspis calcarata (Ferris, 1921); Lindinger 1932f: 202. change of combination
- Dactylaspis calcarata (Ferris, 1921); Ferris 1937: SI-28. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 5
- Fabaceae
- Ebenopsis ebano | Ferris1921 | (= Acacia flexicaulis)
- Haematoxylum brasiletto | Ferris1921 | (= Haematoxylon boreale)
- Lysiloma | Ferris1921
- Lysiloma candida | Ferris1937
- Olneya tesota | Ferris1937
- Senna occidentalis | Ferris1921 | (= Cassia occidentalis)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Mexico
- Baja California Norte | Ferris1937
- Baja California Sur | Ferris1937
Keys
- Ferris1942: pp.SIV-446:51 ( ) [Key to species of Dactylaspis Ferris]
Remarks
- Systematics: Dactylaspis calcarata can be told from other species in this genus by the large marginal ducts of the pygidium and the single large duct associated with the lobes of abdominal segments 2-5, together with the sclerotized thoracic region (Ferris, 1937).
- Structure: Female scale pure white, almost porcelaneous, about 2 mm long (Ferris, 1937).
- General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Ferris (1921 and 1937).
Illustrations
Citations
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 33
- Ferris1921: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 112-114
- Ferris1937: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, SI-28
- Ferris1938a: taxonomy, SII-139
- Ferris1942: taxonomy, SIV-446: 51
- Lindin1932f: taxonomy, 202
- Lindin1943b: taxonomy, 218
- Lobdel1937: physiology, 80
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 219
