Valid Names Results
Dactylaspis flaccida Ferris, 1938 (Diaspididae: Dactylaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Dactylaspis flaccida Ferris 1938a: SII-139. Type data: MEXICO: Morelos, Cuernavaca, on Lantana camera, by A. Koebele. 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: 1 | Genera: 1
- Verbenaceae
- Lantana camara | Ferris1938a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Mexico
- Morelos | Ferris1938a
Keys
- Ferris1942: pp.SIV-446:51 ( ) [Key to species of Dactylaspis Ferris]
Remarks
- Systematics: Dactylaspis flaccida closely resembles D. calcarata in its structural characteristics, but differs especially in its sclerotized derm and flabby body, the other species being quite heavily sclerotized at maturity and having very definite and distinctive form (Ferris, 1938a).
- Structure: Female scale elongate, white, thick, somewhat irregular; male scale similar in form, color and texture. Adult female about 1.4 mm long, body membranous throughout, very flabby and shapeless in preparations, even the pygidium being weakly sclerotized (Ferris, 1938a).
- General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Ferris (1938a).
Illustrations
Citations
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 33
- Ferris1938a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, SII-139
- Ferris1942: taxonomy, SIV-446: 51
