Valid Names Results

Formosaspis stegana Ferris, 1952 (Diaspididae: Formosaspis)

Nomenclatural History

Formosaspis stegana Ferris 1952a: 8. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan Province, near Kunming, Si-shan, on Arundinaria sp., 10/05/1949, by G.F. Ferris. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Poaceae

Arundinaria | Ferris1952a
Bambusa | Ali1970

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

China

Jiangsu (=Kiangsu) | Hua2000
Yunnan | Ferris1952a

Keys

JianTiXi2023: pp.576 ( Adult (F) ) [Formosaspis species]
Chou1985: pp.214 ( ) [Key to Chinese species of Formosaspis]

Remarks

Structure: Adult female totally enclosed within the strongly sclerotized, elongate-ovoid 2nd exuviae which is jet black except for the posterior portion which is dark brown (Ferris, 1952a).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Ferris (1952a).

Illustrations

Citations

Ali1970: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 18
Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 210
Chou1985: description, distribution, taxonomy, 214, 216
Chou1986: illustration, 628
DanzigPe1998: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 264
Ferris1952a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 8
Gavril2018: reproduction, 239
Hua2000: distribution, host, taxonomy, 152
JianTiXi2023: distribution, key, 576
KozarWa1985: catalog, distribution, 84
Muntin1969: taxonomy, 133
Tao1999: distribution, host, 88
Yang1982: distribution, taxonomy, 293