Valid Names Results
Dynaspidiotus tsugae (Marlatt, 1911) (Diaspididae: Dynaspidiotus)Nomenclatural History
- Aspidiotus (Diaspidiotus) tsugae Marlatt 1911: 385. Type data: JAPAN: on Tsuga sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Aspidiotus tsugae Marlatt, 1911; Sasscer 1912: 94. change of combination
- Furcaspis tsugae (Marlatt, 1911); MacGillivray 1921: 407. Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; change of combination
- Tsugaspidiotus tsugae (Marlatt, 1911); Takahashi & Takagi 1957: 103. change of combination
- Nuculaspis tsugae (Marlatt, 1911); McClure 1990a: 165. change of combination
- Dynaspidiotus tsugae (Marlatt, 1911); Danzig 1993: 149. change of combination
- Nuculaspis tsugae (Marlatt, 1911); Miller & Davidson 2005: 304. revived combination (previously published)
- Dynaspidiotus tsugae (Marlatt, 1911); Ross, et al. 2012: 199. revived combination (previously published)
Common Names
- shortneedle conifer scale MillerDa2005
- Shortneedle Evergreen Scale Koszta1996
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 5
- Pinaceae
- Abies | Danzig1978
- Abies alba | TakahaTa1957 | (= Picea excelsa)
- Abies firma | Kuwana1933 TakahaTa1957
- Abies holophylla | Danzig1993 Suh2020
- Picea | Danzig1978
- Picea brachytyla | Danzig1993 | (= Picea ajanensis)
- Picea glehnii | Danzig1993
- Pinus koraiensis | Danzig1978 Danzig1993
- Tsuga | Danzig1978 Danzig1993 Marlat1911
- Tsuga canadensis | AbellGwNo2016
- Tsuga diversifolia | AbellGwNo2016
- Tsuga sieboldii | Kuwana1933 TakahaTa1957
- Taxaceae
- Taxus cuspidata | Suh2020
Foes:
Families: 2 | Genera: 4
- Aphelinidae
- Encarsia citrina | JaposhAbNo2013 Koszta1996 | (= Aspidiotiphagus citrinus)
- Encarsia vandrieschei | JaposhAbNo2013
- Encyrtidae
- Arrhenophagus albitibiae | JaposhAbNo2013
- Coccidencyrtus shiyakei | JaposhAbNo2013
- Parasauleia | JaposhAbNo2013
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 4
- Japan | Danzig1978 Kuwana1917a Marlat1911 Nakaha1982 TakahaTa1957
- Hokkaido | TakahaTa1957
- Russia
- Primor'ye Kray | Danzig1978 Danzig1988
- Sakhalin Oblast | Danzig1978 Danzig1988
- South Korea | ESKSAE1994 Nakaha1982
- United States
- Connecticut | McClurFe1977 Nakaha1982
- Maryland | Koszta1996
- New Jersey | Koszta1996 Nakaha1982
- Rhode Island | Koszta1996 Nakaha1982
Keys
- MillerDa2005: pp.29-30 ( Adult (F) ) [Field Key to Economic Armored Scales] Key as: Nuculaspis tsugae
- Koszta1996: pp.543 ( Adult (F) ) [Northeastern North America]
- Danzig1993: pp.150 ( Adult (F) ) [Europe ]
- TakahaTa1957: pp.102 ( Adult (F) ) [Japan]
- Kuwana1933: pp.3 ( Adult (F) ) [Japan]
- Kuwana1933b: pp.49 ( Adult (F) ) [Japan]
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale circular, 1-1.3 mm in diameter; strongly convex; dark brown; rather pointed or nippled at center; central area usually covered by secretion; when rubbed a light resinous yellow. male scale the normal oval shape, much smaller than female; secretion covering center or nipple, somewhat ashen, forming a light central spot (Marlatt, 1911).
- Economic Importance: A serious pest of Eastern hemlock, Tsuga canadensis in Northeastern states of USA (McClure & Fergione, 1977; McClure, 1982; Kosztarab, 1996).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Marlatt (1911), Kuwana (1933), Takahashi & Takagi (1957), Danzig (1993) and by Kosztarab (1996).
Illustrations
Citations
- AbellGwNo2016: ecology, 9-11
- AndersWuGr2010: molecular data, 992-1003
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 490-491
- Borchs1966: catalog, 316
- Britto1924: distribution, host, 387-404
- Britto1938: distribution, host, 137
- Danzig1977b: taxonomy, 57
- Danzig1978: distribution, host, 21
- Danzig1988: distribution, host, taxonomy, 725
- Danzig1993: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 154-156
- DanzigPe1998: catalog, 255,364
- DennoMcOt1995: distribution, ecology, host, life history, 297-331
- ESKSAE1994: distribution, list, 113
- Ferris1941e: taxonomy, 49
- Frank2020: ecology, natural enemies, 8
- Kawai1980: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 223
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 16
- Koszta1996: biological control, biology, description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, taxonomy, 545,547-548
- Kuwana1917a: distribution, taxonomy, 175
- Kuwana1933: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 19-20
- MacGil1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 407
- Marlat1911: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 385-387
- McClur1978: biological control, distribution, ecology, host, life history, 863-870
- McClur1980a: distribution, ecology, host, life history, 1391-1401
- McClur1981: distribution, ecology, host, life history, 47-54
- McClur1982: distribution, ecology, economic importance, host, life history, 150-157
- McClur1983b: distribution, ecology, host, life history, 1811-1815
- McClur1983c: distribution, ecology, host, life history, 125-153
- McClur1985: distribution, ecology, host, life history, 413-415
- McClur1986a: distribution, ecology, host, life history, 141-142
- McClur1988: biological control, distribution, ecology, host, life history, 46-65
- McClur1989: distribution, ecology, host, life history, 291-302
- McClur1990a: distribution, ecology, host, taxonomy, 165-168
- McClur1990b: distribution, ecology, host, 285-288
- McClur1990d: distribution, ecology, host, taxonomy, 301-303
- McClur1990e: ecology, life history, 309-314
- McClur1990g: ecology, host, 313-330
- McClur1990h: ecology, life history, 331-337
- McClur1991: distribution, ecology, host, 256-270
- McClurFe1977: distribution, economic importance, host, life history, 807-811
- McClurHa1984: chemistry, host, life history, 185-193
- MillerDa1990: distribution, economic importance, host, 304
- MillerDa2005: description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, taxonomy, 303-305
- Muraka1970: distribution, host, 78
- Nakaha1982: distribution, host, 61
- NormarOkMo2019: distribution, host, phylogeny, 20, S1
- Raushe1983: distribution, ecology, life history, 223-257
- RossHaOk2012: phylogeny, taxonomy, 199
- RugmanAnMo2010: molecular data, phylogenetics, taxonomy, 30-38
- Sassce1912: distribution, host, taxonomy, 94
- SchneiFiNo2019: key, taxonomy, 92
- SchneiOkNo2018: phylogeny,
- SchneiSkOc2019: economic importance, 324
- Suh2020: distribution, host, 2, 21
- Takaha1955e: taxonomy, 77
- TakahaTa1957: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 103-104
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 234
- Zahrad1990: description, distribution, host, 642
