Valid Names Results

Duplachionaspis peninsularis (Howell, 1974) (Diaspididae: Duplachionaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Haliaspis peninsularis Howell 1974: 40-42. Type data: UNITED STATES: Florida, Hernando County, near Hernando Beach, beside Highway 595, on Spartina spartinae, 24/11/1972, by R. Beshear. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes in SAPO, BMNH, FSCA and UGCA. Illustr.
• Duplachionaspis peninsularis (Howell, 1974); Normark, et al. 2019: 61. change of combination

Common Names

• marsh grass scale MacGow1982

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• LiuHo1994: pp.139 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Haliaspis] Key as: Haliaspis peninsularis
• Howell1978: pp.407 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the adult females of Haliaspis] Key as: Haliaspis peninsularis
• HowellTi1976: pp.180 ( Second instar (M) ) [Key to second-stage males of Haliaspis] Key as: Haliaspis peninsularis
• HowellTi1975a: pp.433 ( First instar ) [Key to first instars of Haliaspis] Key as: Haliaspis peninsularis
• Howell1974: pp.42 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Haliaspis] Key as: Haliaspis peninsularis

Remarks

• Systematics: D. peninsularis is close to D. uniolae, but differs in that the marginal macroduct between the median and 2nd lobes is not different from the others as it is in D. uniolae (Howell, 1974).
• Structure: Female scale elongate, white, fairly convex, with irregular thickenings of wax, giving a rough appearance. First exuviae apical and naked; the second only faintly visible through waxy secretion. Adult female elongate, prepygidial abdominal segments moderately lobed laterally, derm membranous throughout except for pygidium (Howell, 1974).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Howell (1974).

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