Valid Names Results
Melanaspis arnaldoi (Costa Lima, 1924) (Diaspididae: Melanaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Aonidiella arnaldoi Azevedo Marques 1923: 422. nomen nudum (discovered by Borchs1966, 346).
- Aonidiella arnaldoi Costa Lima 1924: 139. Type data: BRAZIL: on grapevine. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Boa Vista: Universidade Federal de Roraima, Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil; accepted valid name
- Aonidiella arnoldi Costa Lima, 1924; McKenzie 1938: 3. misspelling of species epithet
- Melanaspis arnaldoi (Costa Lima, 1924); Costa Lima 1942: 289. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 2
- Fabaceae
- Mimosa scabrella | ClapsWoGo2001
- Vitaceae
- Vitis | ClapsWoGo2001 Lepage1938 LepageGi1943
- Vitis vinifera | CostaL1924
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Brazil | CostaL1924
- Pernambuco | CostaLSaAr2024
- Rio de Janeiro | Lepage1938 LepageGi1943
Keys
Remarks
- Structure: Photograph of scale cover by Costa Lima (1924). Female scale circular, 1 mm in diameter; convex; colour grey or black; exuvia of first instar shiny black; ventral scale well developed, especially marginally, white (Costa Lima, 1924).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Costa Lima (1924) and by Lepage & Giannotti (1943).
Illustrations
Citations
- Azeved1923LA: taxonomy, 422
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 602
- Borchs1966: catalog, 346
- ClapsWoGo2001: distribution, host, 246
- CostaL1924: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 139-140
- CostaL1942: taxonomy, 289
- CostaLSaAr2024: distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, record,
- GuindaNoWo2017: ant association, illustration,
- Lepage1938: catalog, 392
- LepageGi1943: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 340-342
- McKenz1938: taxonomy, 3
