Valid Names Results
Lepidosaphes rubrovittata (Cockerell, 1905) (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)Nomenclatural History
- Lepidosaphes rubrovittatus Cockerell 1905f: 135-136. Type data: PHILIPPINES: Manila, on Eugenia malaccensis, 05/06/????, by T.D.A. Cockerell. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
- Mytilaspis fasciata Green 1911: 31-32. Type data: SRI LANKA: Heneratgoda, on Hevea brasiliensis. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (WilliaWa1988,162). Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by WilliaWa1988, 162). Illustr.
- Mytilaspis rubro-vittatus (Cockerell, 1905); Green 1915e: 632. change of combination
- Lepidosaphes (Mytilaspis) fasciata (Green, 1911); Robinson 1917: 35. change of combination
- Lepidosaphes fasciata (Green, 1911); MacGillivray 1921: 281. change of combination
- Insulaspis fasciata (Green, 1911); Borchsenius 1963: 1172. change of combination
- Insulaspis rubrovittata (Cockerell, 1905); Borchsenius 1966: 66. change of combination Notes: Balachowsky (1954e): synonymized the genus Insulaspis Mamet with Lepidosaphes Shimer creating the combination Lepidosaphes rubrovittata.
- Lepidosaphes ulapa Beardsley 1966: 546. Type data: PALAU: Koror, on Eugenia javanica, ?/01/1954, by J. Beardsley. Holotype, female, Type depository: Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Department of Entomology Collection, Hawaii, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Beards1975, 661). Illustr.
- Mytilaspis rubrovittatus (Cockerell, 1905); Tang 1986: 50. emendation that is justified
- Lepidosaphes caribaeae Williams & Miller 2006: 26-29. Type data: TRINIDAD: Valencia on Pinus caribaea, 24/5/1975 by F.D. Bennett. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by NormarOkMo2019, 63). Notes: In addition there are 8 paratype adult female specimens with same data (1 specimen in USNM, others in BMNH) and 9 paratype adult females labelled JAMAICA: Mt. Airy Nursery on Pinus caribaea, by S.K. Kazimi, 2/6/1975 (1 specimen in USNM, other in BMNH). Illustr.
Common Names
- guava scale ColonFMe1998
- tampoi scale VelasqRi1969
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 15 | Genera: 19
- Anacardiaceae
- Tapirira guianensis | NormarMoKr2014
- Annonaceae
- Annona muricata | Malump2014a
- Araucariaceae
- Araucaria | WilliaWa1988
- Araucaria hunsteinii | WilliaWa1988
- Arecaceae
- Socratea exorrhiza | PetersHaMo2020s1
- Cycadaceae
- Cycas | Beards1975
- Euphorbiaceae
- Codiaeum | Suh2016
- Hevea | Borchs1966
- Hevea brasiliensis | Green1922
- Fabaceae
- Dussia | PetersHaMo2020s1
- Inocarpus | WilliaWa1988
- Inocarpus fagifer | WilliaWa1988
- Lecythidaceae
- Barringtonia | WilliaWa1988
- Moraceae
- Ficus | WilliaWa1988
- Ficus lyrata | ColonFMe1998
- Myrtaceae
- Psidium guajava | ColonFMe1998
- Syzygium malaccense | Cocker1905f | (= Eugenia malaccensis)
- Syzygium samarangense | Beards1966 | (= Eugenia javanica)
- Pinaceae
- Pinus caribaea | MillerWiDa2006
- Rhizophoraceae
- Cassipourea guianensis | NormarMoKr2014
- Rosaceae
- Rosa | GermaiDeLa2016
- Rubiaceae
- Tocoyena pittieri | PetersHaMo2020s1
- Sapotaceae
- Chrysophyllum argenteum | PetersHaMo2020s1
- Manilkara bidentata | PetersHaMo2020s1
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 18
- China
- Costa Rica | Suh2016
- Fiji | WilliaWa1988
- Guadeloupe | MatileEt2006 Meurge2011
- Guam | Beards1975
- Guiana | GermaiDeLa2016
- Indonesia
- Irian Jaya | WilliaWa1988
- Jamaica | MillerWiDa2006 | MalumpHaSa2012
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Rota Island | Beards1975
- Palau | Beards1966
- Panama | NormarMoKr2014
- Papua New Guinea | WilliaWa1988
- Philippines
- Luzon | Cocker1905f
- Puerto Rico & Vieques Island
- Puerto Rico | ColonFMe1998
- Saint Lucia | Malump2012b
- Sri Lanka | Green1922
- Tonga | WilliaWa1988
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Trinidad | MillerWiDa2006
Keys
- MillerWiDa2006: pp.35-37 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to conifer infesting species of Lepidosaphes] Key as: Lepidosaphes caribaeae
- ColonFMe1998: pp.104 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes of Puerto Rico]
- WilliaWa1988: pp.144 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes of the South Pacific Region]
- Beards1966: pp.535 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to known Micronesian species of Lepidosaphes] Key as: Lepidosaphes ulapa
- MacGil1921: pp.281 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes] Key as: Lepidosaphes fasciata
- MacGil1921: pp.282 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Lepidosaphes] Key as: Lepidosaphes rubrovitatus
- Robins1917: pp.34 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes]
Remarks
- Systematics: Superficially, Lepidosaphes rubrovittata resembles L. tokionis, however, in L. rubrovittata the lateral angles of the head have concentrations of spicules, whereas in L. tokionis the lateral angles of the head are sclerotized and lack spicules (Williams & Watson, 1988). The synonym, Lepidosaphes caribaeae was described as similar to L. pallida in many respects in the general distribution of dorsal ducts but, whereas L. pallida possesses only a single slender dorsal duct anterior to each second lobe, L. caribaeae also had a similar duct medially anterior to the gland spines between the median lobes. The widely-spaced dorsal submarginal ducts on abdominal segment VI in L. caribaeae are similar in position to those of L. murreeana and differ in position to the paired submedial ducts on abdominal segment VI in L. pallida. Furthermore, there are lateral swellings or tubercles on the margins of abdominal segments II-IV in L. caribaeae but only on abdominal segments III and IV in L. pallida. Sometimes those swellings in L. caribaeae have a minute sclerotized point at the apex, which is always absent in L. pallida. Although L. pallidula possesses lateral abdominal spurs on segments II and sometimes III, the submedial ducts on abdominal segment VI are at the base of the pygidium, near the anal opening, whereas in L. caribaeae the ducts are often widely spaced and submarginal in position. A striking character of L. caribaeae is the anterior head margin with numerous minute spinules similar in several other conifer-infesting species (L. okitsuensis, L. piniphila), and L. pitysophila).
- Structure: Adult female 0.7-1.0 mm long. Body elongate, slightly fusiform, widest across abdominal segment 1. Pygidium with median lobes well developed, distance between them approximately equal to width of one (Beardsley, 1966).
- General Remarks: Detailed redescription and illustration by Williams & Watson (1988). Good description and illustration of synonym, Lepidosaphes caribaeae in Miller, Williams & Davidson (2006) Table of taxanomic characters distinguishing conifer infesting species in Miller, Williams & Davidson (2006)
Illustrations
Citations
- Ali1969a: distribution, host, 51, 57
- Beards1966: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 535, 546-547
- Borchs1963: taxonomy, 1172
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 62, 66
- Cocker1905f: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 135-136
- ColonFMe1998: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 108-109
- DanzigPe1998: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 291
- GermaiDeLa2016: host, list of species, 3
- Green1911: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 31-32
- Green1915e: taxonomy, 632
- Green1922: distribution, host, 463
- Green1937: catalog, distribution, host, 328
- MacGil1921: distribution, host, taxonomy, 281, 282
- Malump2012b: distribution, host, 210,212
- Malump2014a: distribution, host, 77
- MalumpHaSa2012: distribution, host, 6
- Meurge2011: distribution, 81
- Miller2005: distribution, 487
- MillerWiDa2006: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 26-29, 36, 40-42
- NormarMoKr2014: distribution, host, 39
- NormarOkMo2019: distribution, host, phylogeny, 24,59
- PetersHaMo2020: host distribution, 7
- PetersHaMo2020s1: DNA, distribution, host,
- Ramakr1921a: catalog, distribution, host, 360
- Robins1917: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 35
- Sander1906: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 17
- Suh2016: distribution, host, key, 319, 328
- Tang1986: distribution, host, 277
- Varshn2002: distribution, host, 48
- VelasqRi1969: distribution, taxonomy, 197
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 231
- WilliaWa1988: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 144, 161-162, 164
- ZarkanApTu2021: distribution, host, 166
