Valid Names Results

Lecanodiaspis prosopidis (Maskell, 1895) (Lecanodiaspididae: Lecanodiaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Prosopophora prosopidis Maskell 1895b: 60. Type data: U.S.A.: Arizona, Benson, on Prosopis julifera. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Illustr.
• Lecaniodiaspis prosopidis (Maskell, 1895); Cockerell 1896b: 327. change of combination
• Lecanodiaspis (Prosopophora) celtidis Cockerell 1896h: 19. Type data: U.S.A.: Texas, San Antonio, on Celtis occidentalis.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior synonym (discovered by HowellKo1972, 178). Notes: Misspelling of genus name as Lecaniodiaspis.
• Leconiodiaspis (Prosopophora) celtidis; Cockerell 1896b: 327. misspelling of genus name
• Lecaniodiaspis (Prosopophora) radiatus Cockerell 1897u: 269. Type data: MEXICO: Salina Cruz, on bark of branch of some woody plant.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior synonym (discovered by HowellKo1972, 178).
• Lecaniodiaspis (Prosopophora) tessellatus Cockerell & Quaintance 1897: 161. Type data: U.S.A.: Florida, on Carya porcina.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior synonym (discovered by HowellKo1972, 178). Notes: Illustr.
• Lecaniodiaspis (Prosopophora) radiatus; Cockerell 1897u: 269. misspelling of genus name
• Prosopophora manihotis Townsend & Cockerell 1898: 172. Type data: MEXICO: Morelos, Cuautla, on the bark of the "nettle tree". Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Cocker1902, ). Notes:
• Lecaniodiaspis manihotis (Townsend & Cockerell, 1898); Cockerell 1899a: 392. change of combination
• Lecanodiaspis pruinosa celtidis Hunter 1899a: 77. Type data: U.S.A.: Kansas, on Ulmus, Ulmus americana.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior synonym (discovered by HowellKo1972, 178). Notes: Misspelling of genus name as Lecaniodiaspis. Illustr.
• Lecaniodiaspis pruinonsis celtidis; Hunter 1899a: 77. misspelling of genus name
• Lecaniodiaspis celtidis (Cockerell, 1896); Fernald 1903b: 54. change of combination Notes:
• Lecaniodiaspis prosopidis (Maskell, 1895); Fernald 1903b: 55. change of combination
• Lecaniodiaspis pruinosa (Maskell, 1895); Fernald 1903b: 55. change of combination
• Lecaniodiaspis radiata Cockerell, 1897; Fernald 1903b: 56. change of combination
• Lecaniodiaspis tessellata Cockerell & Quaintance, 1897; Fernald 1903b: 56. change of combination
• Lecaniodiaspis celtidis; Fernald 1903b: 54. misspelling of genus name
• Lecaniodiaspis tessellata; Fernald 1903b: 56. misspelling of genus name
• Lecanodiaspis aescula (Cockerell & Quaintance, 1897); Williams & Kosztarab 1970: 20. change of combination
• Lecanodiaspis aescula Williams & Kosztarab 1970: 20. Type data: U.S.A.: Washington D.C., on Azalea mollis.. Holotype, larva, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior synonym (discovered by HowellKo1972, 178). Notes: The holotype is a first instar nymph. Illustr.

Common Names

• Common pit scale Gill1993 HowellKo1972

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 37 | Genera: 63

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• HowellKo1972: pp.155 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
• WilliaKo1970: pp.14, 16 ( First instar ) [World]

Remarks

• Systematics: Williams & Kosztarab (1970) - based on a study of the first-instar nymphs - found distinguishing characters between L. celtidis, L. aescula, L. prosopidis, L. pruinosa, L. radiata and L. tessellata and retained them as distinct species. However, Howell & Kosztarab (1972) concluded that the adult females of the above-mentioned six species are so similar morphologically and regarded all of them as synonyms of L. prosopidis.
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Howell & Kosztarab (1972). Description and illustration of first-instar nymph by Williams & Kosztarab (1970) (as L. celtidis and L. prosopidis.

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