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Furcaspis plana Hempel, 1937 (Diaspididae: Furcaspis)

Nomenclatural History

Furcaspis plana Hempel 1937: 29. Type data: BRAZIL: Sao Paolo, Santos, on leaves of "grumixama" [=Eugenia brasiliensis]. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (WilliaMiRu2006,58). Type depository: Sao Paulo: Instituto Biologico de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Magnoliaceae

Magnolia | BenDovGe2003

Myrtaceae

Eugenia | ClapsWoGo2001
Eugenia brasiliensis | ClapsWoGo2001 Hempel1937 WilliaMiRu2006 | (= Eugenia dombeyi)
Syzygium jambos | ClapsWoGo2001

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Brazil

Sao Paulo | ClapsWoGo2001 WilliaMiRu2006

Keys

WilliaMiRu2006: pp.74-76 ( Adult (F) ) [world]

Remarks

Structure: Female scale irregularly shaped, asymmetric, approximately circular, flat; orange colour; with a small central boss, of dark colour; most specimens 3 mm in diameter (Hempel, 1937).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Hempel (1937) and by Williams et al. (2006).

Illustrations

Citations

BenDovGe2003: catalog, 503
Borchs1966: catalog, 241
Claps1993: taxonomy, 3,6,9
ClapsWoGo2001: distribution, host, 244
Hempel1937: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 29
Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 230
WilliaMiRu2006: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 58-60