Valid Names Results
Diaspidiotus piceus (Sanders, 1904) (Diaspididae: Diaspidiotus)Nomenclatural History
- Aspidiotus piceus Sanders 1904: 96. Type data: U.S.A.: Ohio, Lake County, Painesville, on Liriodendron tulipifera.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Diaspidiotus piceus (Sanders, 1904); MacGillivray 1921: 413. change of combination
- Diaspidiotus hunteri; Ferris 1938a: 222. incorrect synonymy (discovered by Nakaha1982, 29).
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 3 | Genera: 3
- Lauraceae
- Sassafras | Nakaha1982
- Magnoliaceae
- Liriodendron tulipifera | Sander1904
- Oleaceae
- Fraxinus | Nakaha1982
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- United States
- Missouri | Nakaha1982
- Ohio | Nakaha1982
- Tennessee | Nakaha1982
Keys
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale, diameter 1.8-2 mm, flat, often subelliptical to oval, with subcentral exuviae; black shading to dark toward margin, having the appearance of pitch covered with dust; the raised, shiny black, deciduous first exuvia is surrounded by an indistinct ring-like depression; when rubbed the second orange exuvia appears (Sanders, 1904).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Sanders (1904).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 428-429
- Borchs1966: catalog, 324
- Ferris1938a: taxonomy, 222
- Nakaha1982: distribution, host, taxonomy, 29-30
- Sander1904: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 96-98
- Sander1904a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 56,66
