Valid Names Results
Discodiaspis consolidata (Ferris, 1941) (Diaspididae: Discodiaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Chortinaspis consolidata Ferris 1941d: SIII-338. Type data: UNITED STATES: California, San Bernardino County, near Old Woman Springs, on Hilaria rigida, 1939, by G.F. Ferris. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Discodiaspis consolidata (Ferris, 1941); Munting 1968a: 421. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Poaceae
- Hilaria rigida | Ferris1941d
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- United States
- California | Ferris1941d
Keys
- BenDov1974c: pp.25 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Discodiaspis]
Remarks
- Systematics: Ferris (1941d) states that Discodiaspis consolidata might be the type of a new genus, but is similar to Chortinaspis frankliniana.
- Structure: Female scale white, somewhat convex, oval, with the exuviae toward one end, ventral scale thin. Male scale white, elongate, with exuviae apical. Adult female 1.25 mm long (Ferris, 1941d).
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1941d).
Illustrations
Citations
- Balach1970: taxonomy, 161
- BenDov1974c: distribution, taxonomy, 25
- Ferris1941d: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, SIII-338
- Muntin1968a: distribution, host, taxonomy, 421
- PooleGe1997: distribution, 347
