Valid Names Results
Diaspis diospyri Ferris, 1937 (Diaspididae: Diaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Diaspis diospyri Ferris 1937: SI-35. Type data: UNITED STATES: Texas, near Sinton, on Diospyros texana, 1921, 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
- Ebenaceae
- Diospyros texana | Ferris1937
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- United States
- Texas | Ferris1937 Miller2005
Keys
- Ferris1942: pp.SIV-446:53 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Diaspis]
Remarks
- Systematics: In its structural characters Diaspis diospyri resembles D. miranda, but the distinctive, bicolor scale of the latter indicates at least a physiological difference between the two (Ferris, 1937).
- Structure: Female scale is more or less concealed under epidermis of host bark. Adult female prosoma with distinct lateral lobes; median pygidial lobes forming a distinct notch, their apices projecting only slightly (Ferris, 1937).
- General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Ferris (1937).
Illustrations
Citations
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 170
- Ferris1937: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, SI-35
- Ferris1942: taxonomy, SIV-446:53
- Miller2005: distribution, 487
- PooleGe1997: distribution, 348
