Valid Names Results

Hemiberlesia ignobilis Ferris, 1941 (Diaspididae: Hemiberlesia)

Nomenclatural History

• Hemiberlesia ignobilis Ferris 1941d: 343. Type data: PANAMA: Chiriqui Province, Armuelles, on Ficus sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 3 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WeiScNo2021: pp.17-23 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidiotini from Panama]
• NormarMoKr2014: pp.46-47 ( Adult (F) ) [Modifications to Ferris's 1942 key to the species of North American Hemiberlesia to include both South American and North American species]
• Balach1956: pp.105-108 ( Adult (F) ) [Africa]
• Balach1953k: pp.114-115 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
• Ferris1942: pp.35 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

• Structure: Scale of the female circular, when free, moderately convex, white, with the exuviae central. Scale of the male not recognized (Ferris, 1941d).
• Biology: Occurring on the bark, concealed beneath bark flakes and in cracks (Ferris, 1941d).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1941d).

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