Valid Names Results
Furcaspis bromeliae Hempel, 1932 (Diaspididae: Furcaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Furcaspis bromeliae Hempel 1932: 335. Type data: BRAZIL: Santa Catharina State, Laguna, on a plant of Bromeliaceae.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sao Paulo: Instituto Biologico de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 3
- Bromeliaceae
- Aechmea | ClapsWoGo2001
- Aechmea nudicaulis | ClapsWoGo2001
- Bromelia | ClapsWoGo2001 WilliaMiRu2006
- Bromeliaceae | Hempel1932 WilliaMiRu2006
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Brazil
- Rio de Janeiro | ClapsWoGo2001
- Santa Catarina | ClapsWoGo2001
- Sao Paulo | ClapsWoGo2001 Hempel1932 WilliaMiRu2006
Keys
- WilliaMiRu2006: pp.74-76 ( Adult (F) ) [world]
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale subcircular or slightly oval, 2-2.5 mm in diameter; convex; exuviae near margin; dark colour; exuviae very dark; ventral scale thin, white (Hempel, 1932).
- General Remarks: Description of adult female by Hempel (1932). Description and illustration of adult female by Williams et al. (2006).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 500-501
- Borchs1966: catalog, 241
- ClapsWoGo2001: distribution, host, 244
- Hempel1932: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 335-337
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 219
- WilliaMiRu2006: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 13-16
