Valid Names Results
Dinaspis aculeata Ferris, 1942 (Diaspididae: Dinaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Dinaspis aculeata Ferris 1942: SIV-390. Type data: PANAMA: Chiriqui Province, Armuelles, on Corozo oleifera, 1938, by G.F. Ferris. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Pseudoparlatorea aculeata (Ferris, 1942); Lindinger 1957: 548. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 3 | Genera: 4
- Arecaceae
- Elaeis oleifera | Ferris1942 | (= Corozo oleifera)
- Geonoma | Ferris1942
- Heliconiaceae
- Heliconia | Ferris1942
- Malvaceae
- Theobroma cacao | Mosque1976
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Colombia | Mosque1976
- Panama | Ferris1942
Keys
- Ferris1942: pp.SIV-446:53 ( ) [Key to species of Dinaspis Leonardi]
Remarks
- Systematics: Dinaspis aculeata is a peculiar species, distinguished at once by the position and character of the antennae (Ferris, 1942).
- Structure: Female scale slender, light brown, thin, slightly translucent. Adult female about 1.3 mm long, derm membranous throughout except for pygidium and for a sclerotization of the lateral margins of the 3rd and 4th abdominal species which seems at times to be present (Ferris, 1942).
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1942).
Illustrations
Citations
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 74
- Ferris1942: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, SIV-390, SIV-446: 53
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 16
- Lindin1957: taxonomy, 548
- Mosque1976: distribution, host, 87
