Valid Names Results
Lepidosaphes punicae Laing, 1929 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)Nomenclatural History
- Lepidosaphes punicae Ramakrishna Ayyar 1924: 341. nomen nudum
- Lepidosaphes punicae Laing 1929a: 500. Type data: TANZANIA: Dar-es-Salaam, Indian Mosque, on Punica granatum, by A.H. Ritchie. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Andaspis punicae (Laing, 1929); Hall 1946a: 503. change of combination
- Lepidosaphes boguschi McDaniel 1972a: 323-324. Type data: UNITED STATES: Texas, Cameron County, Padre Island, on Maurandia antirrhiniflora, 16/04/1960, by B. McDaniel & S. McDaniel. 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 NormarOkMo2019, 63). Notes: Paratype in UCDC. Illustr.
- Lepidosaphes punicae Laing, 1929; Normark, et al. 2019: 62. revived combination (previously published)
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 15 | Genera: 18
- Annonaceae
- Guatteria dumetorum | PetersHaMo2020s1
- Apocynaceae
- Plumeria | MillerDa2005
- Asparagaceae
- Yucca | MillerDa2005
- Calophyllaceae
- Mammea | MillerDa2005
- Euphorbiaceae
- Macaranga | Beards1966
- Fabaceae
- Erythrina | MillerDa2005
- Loranthaceae
- Psittacanthus | MillerDa2005
- Lythraceae
- Punica granatum | Laing1929a
- Moraceae
- Artocarpus | MillerDa2005
- Artocarpus altilis | Beards1966
- Ficus | MillerDa2005
- Poulsenia armata | PetersHaMo2020s1
- Orchidaceae
- Vanilla | MillerDa2005
- Plantaginaceae
- Maurandya antirrhiniflora | McDani1972a
- Rosaceae
- Rosa | MillerDa2005
- Sapindaceae
- Litchi | MillerDa2005
- Litchi chinensis | RaoFe1952
- Nephelium | MillerDa2005
- Sapotaceae
- Manilkara bidentata | PetersHaMo2020s1
- Solanaceae
- Solanum | MillerDa2005
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 16
- Barbados | MillerDa2005
- Dominican Republic | MillerDa2005
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Caroline Islands | Beards1966 MillerDa2005
- Guadeloupe | DixLuMoKu2019 MatileEt2006
- Guam | Beards1966 MillerDa2005
- Guatemala | MillerDa2005
- Hawaiian Islands | MillerDa2005
- Oahu | Nishid2002
- Honduras | MillerDa2005
- India
- Tamil Nadu | Varshn2002
- Indonesia | Suh2016
- Palau | Beards1966 MillerDa2005
- Panama | PetersHaMo2020s1
- Philippines | MillerDa2005
- Tanzania | Laing1929a MillerDa2005
- Thailand | MillerDa2005
- United States
- Florida | Merril1953 MillerDa2005
- Texas | McDani1972a
Keys
- MillerDa2005: pp.29-32 ( Adult (F) ) [Field Key to Economic Armored Scales] Key as: Andaspis punicae
- MillerDa2005: pp.20-22 ( Adult (F) ) [Armored Scales] Key as: Andaspis punicae
- McDani1972a: pp.323 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the Texas species of the genus Lepidosaphes] Key as: Lepidosaphes boguschi
- Willia1963b: pp.25 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Andaspis] Key as: Andaspis punicae
- RaoFe1952: pp.22 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Andaspis] Key as: Andaspis punicae
Remarks
- Systematics: This species is related to Lepidosaphes hawaiiensis, but differs in the pygidial fringe characters, in particular, the very strong inwardly projecting processes of the median trullae in L. hawaiiensis are replaced, in L. punicae, by a small outer and inner basal incrassation, while the margin beyond is produced into several chitinous triangular projections (Laing, 1929a). Lepidosaphes punicae (=Lepidosaphes boguschi ) may be separated from other Lepidosaphes species by the presence of the sclerotized bosses on the abdominal segments and the double row of microducts on abdominal segment 6. In North America, it is similar to L. beckii in having the sclerotized bosses on abdominal segments 1, 2 and 4, but differs in the presence of a boss on abdominal segment 5 and the double row of microducts on segment 6 (McDaniel, 1972a). Normark, et a(2019) determined that Lepidosaphes boguschi was a synonym of Lepidosaphes punicae based on morphology.
- Structure: Scale of adult female elongate, narrow, mytiliform, generally more or less straight, but occasionally slightly curved or twisted; color varying from castaneous brown or a very deep reddish brown to almost a dull black; some whitish deposit at the sides, spreading sometimes to the dorsum; exuviae golden brown. Adult female obovate, widest across last abdominal segments (Laing, 1929a). McDaniel (1972a) described the synomyn as: Female derm membranous; body elongate; perivulvar pores present in 5 groups; medium group with from 1 to 2 pores; lateral groups with from 4 to 6 in a group. Median lobes well developed
- Biology: Little is known about the biology of this species other than it occurs on the stems and trunks of the host. (Miller & Davidson 2005)
- Economic Importance: This species causes severe die-back on large litchi trees and even death of small trees in southern Florida and is causing serious problems in commercial orchards. Heavily infested trees have abnormal exfoliating bark which may be associated with infestations of this pest (Miller personal observation 2002). (Miller & Davidson 2005).
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Laing (1929a). Best description and illustration of the junior synonym, Lepidosaphes boguschi by McDaniel (1972a).
Illustrations
Citations
- BalikaKoPr2011: distribution, host, 579
- Beards1966: distribution, host, taxonomy, 529
- Beards1967: distribution, host, 322
- Beards1979b: distribution, 40
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, 73
- Hall1946a: description, distribution, 503, 551
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 17
- Laing1929a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 500-501
- McDani1972a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 323-324, 326
- Merril1953: description, distribution, host, 58
- Meurge2011: distribution, 80
- Miller2005: distribution, 487
- MillerDa2005: description, distribution, economic importance, host, 48
- Nakaha1981a: distribution, host, taxonomy, 394
- Nishid2002: catalog, 140
- NormarOkMo2019: distribution, host, phylogeny, taxonomy, 11, 58, 59, 62
- PerezG2008: distribution, 215
- PetersHaMo2020: host distribution, 8
- PooleGe1997: distribution, 349
- Ramakr1924: distribution, host, taxonomy, 341
- Ramakr1926: distribution, host, taxonomy, 456
- Ramakr1930: distribution, host, taxonomy, 30
- RaoFe1952: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 21, 22
- Suh2016: distribution, host, key, 318, 324
- Varshn1967a: taxonomy, 78
- Varshn2002: distribution, host, 50
- Willia1963b: taxonomy, 25
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 230
- ZarkanApTu2021: distribution, host, 166
