Valid Names Results
Dinaspis chiriquiensis Ferris, 1942 (Diaspididae: Dinaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Dinaspis chiriquiensis Ferris 1942: SIV-391. Type data: PANAMA: Chiriqui Province, at about 9,000 feet in elevation on Volcan de Chiriqui, above Boquete, on Macleaya sp., 1938, 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: 3 | Genera: 3
- Anacardiaceae
- Tapirira guianensis | NormarOkMo2019
- Ochnaceae
- Cespedesia macrophylla | PetersHaMo2020s1
- Papaveraceae
- Macleaya | Ferris1942
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Panama | Ferris1942
Keys
- Ferris1942: pp.SIV-446:53 ( ) [Key to species of Dinaspis Leonardi]
Remarks
- Systematics: Dinaspis chiriquiensis is close to D. ichesii, but differs in the presence of perivulvar pores, the pronounced lateral lobing of the 2nd and 3rd abdominal segments and the apparent lack of sclerotazation of the presomatic region (Ferris, 1942).
- Structure: Female scale elongate and slender, pale brown, exuviae terminal. Adult female about 1.75 mm long, derm membranous throughout or with a faint suggestion of sclerotization of the prosomatic region, the pygidium weakly sclerotized (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-391, SIV-446:53
- NormarOkMo2019: distribution, host, phylogeny, taxonomy, 20,55
- PetersHaMo2020s1: DNA, distribution, host,
