Valid Names Results
Davidsonaspis aguacatae (Evans, Watson & Miller, 2009) (Diaspididae: Davidsonaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Abgrallaspis aguacatae Evans, Watson & Miller 2009: 58. Type data: MEXICO: , Michoacán, Nuevo Parangaricutiro, Huerto (=Orchard) Mesa de Gallegos, on fruit of Persea americana var. Hass; collected 31 March 2007.. Holotype, female, accepted valid name Illustr.
- Davidsonaspis aguacatae (Evans, Watson & Miller, 2009); Normark, Morse, Krewinski & Okusu 2014: 44. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Lauraceae
- Persea | EvansWaMi2009
- Persea americana | MyartsRuCo2016
Foes:
Families: 4 | Genera: 6
- Aphelinidae
- Aphytis | LazaroGoLo2012
- Coccobius averini | LazaroGoRo2021
- Coccobius juliae | LazaroGoRo2021
- Encarsia | LazaroGoLo2012
- Encarsia aurantii | LazaroGoLo2012
- Encarsia citrina | LazaroGoLo2012
- Encarsia juanae | MyartsRuCo2016
- Encarsia lounsburyi | StocksEv2017
- Coccinellidae
- Chilocorus cacti | LazaroGoLo2012
- Encyrtidae
- Plagiomerus diaspidis | LazaroGoRo2021
- Signiphoridae
- Signiphora | LazaroGoLo2012
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Mexico
- Mexico State | LazaroGoRo2021
- Michoacan | EvansWaMi2009
Keys
- LazaroGoRo2023: pp.247-248 ( Adult (F) ) [Armored scale species on avocado in central Mexico]
- EvansWaMi2009: pp.63-67 ( Adult (F) ) [Diaspididae species found on avocado] Key as: Abgrallaspis aguacate
Remarks
- Systematics: Rugman-Jones et al. (2010) used two different nuclear gene regions (28S and Elongation Factor 1-alpha) and three different analysis methods (maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood, and Bayesian analyses) to infer phylogeny from DNA sequence data for 35 aspidiotine species, including Abgrallaspi aguacatae. These analyses suggest that the latter species was misplaced in the genus Abgrallaspis Balachowsky and that this genus and several closely allied genera are paraphyletic or polyphyletic. The findings of their analyses are discussed specifically in relation to the current placement of A. aguacatae and more broadly in relation to the long-recognized problem of defining generic boundaries between Abgrallaspis, Diaspidiotus Berlese, and Hemiberlesia Cockerell. In 2014, Normark, et al. moved this species to a new genus, Davidsonaspis.
- Biology: Magsig-Castillo et al. (2010) have demonstrated the occurrence of phoretic dispersal of crawlers of Abgrallaspis aguacatae Evans, Watson & Miller. The crawlers use the tarsal and claw digitules of each leg to attach themselves to three different insect species Musca domestica L., Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant and Linepithema humile (Mayr) and can effectively be moved phoretically by these insects.
- Economic Importance: Abgrallaspis aguacatae Evans, Watson & Miller (2009) was described from 'Hass' avocado, Persea Americana Miller, fruit being imported into California from Mexico.
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Evans, Watson & Miller (2009).
Illustrations
Citations
- EvansWaMi2009: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 57-68
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 15
- LazaroGoLo2012: biological control, distribution, 8,11-12
- LazaroGoRo2021: distribution, host, natural enemies,
- LazaroGoRo2023: key, 247
- MagsigMoWa2010: dispersal, life history, physiology, 1172-1179
- MillarChMc2012: host, 497
- MullenScNo2016: DNA sequencing, genetics, phylogeny, 209
- MyartsRuCo2016: distribution, host, natural enemies, 82-89
- NormarOkMo2019: distribution, host, phylogeny, 18, S1
- RossHaOk2012: phylogeny, taxonomy, 199
- RugmanAnMo2010: molecular data, phylogenetics, taxonomy, 30-38
- RugmanMoSt2009: economic importance, molecular data, taxonomy, 1948-1953
- SchneiFiNo2019: key, taxonomy, 92
- SchneiOkNo2018: phylogeny,
- StocksEv2017: illustration, natural enemies, 491-494
- Suh2016: distribution, host, key, 322, 326
- WeiFe2012a: description, distribution, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 9-17
