Valid Names Results

Dactylaspis dactylifera Ferris, 1937 (Diaspididae: Dactylaspis)

Nomenclatural History

Dactylaspis dactylifera Ferris 1937: SI-29. Type data: MEXICO: Colima, Manzanillo, on Lonchocarpus sericeus, 1925, by G.F. Ferris. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Fabaceae

Lonchocarpus sericeus | Ferris1937

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Mexico

Colima | Ferris1937

Keys

Ferris1942: pp.SIV-446:51 ( ) [Key to species of Dactylaspis Ferris]

Remarks

Systematics: Dactylaspis dactylifera is similar to D. lobata, but differs especially in lacking the marginal lobes of the abdominal segments, which are extremely well developed in the latter (Ferris, 1937).
Structure: Female scale gray, with transverse ridges, about 2 mm long. Male scale is similar (Ferris, 1937).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Ferris (1937).

Illustrations

Citations

Balach1954e: taxonomy, 23, 172
Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 33
Ferris1937: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, SI-26, SI-29
Ferris1937a: taxonomy, 3
Ferris1942: taxonomy, SIV-446: 51
Lindin1943b: taxonomy, 218