Valid Names Results

Dactylaspis serratiloba Ferris, 1938 (Diaspididae: Dactylaspis)

Nomenclatural History

Dactylaspis serratiloba Ferris 1938a: SI-140. Type data: MEXICO: Guerrero, La Providencia, near Acapulco, on Eugenia?, 1926, by G.F. Ferris. 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

Myrtaceae

Eugenia | Ferris1938a

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Mexico

Guerrero | Ferris1938a

Keys

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

Remarks

Systematics: Dactylaspis serratiloba does not closely resemble any of the species of its genus. It is marked immediately by the form and size of the pygidial lobes (Ferris, 1938a).
Structure: Scale of female white, elongate, moderately broad, quite thick and heavy. Male scale similar in form, color and texture. Adult female about 1.4 mm (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, SI-140
Ferris1942: taxonomy, SIV-446: 51