Valid Names Results

Melanaspis calura (Cockerell, 1898) (Diaspididae: Melanaspis)

Aspidiotus (Chrysomphalus) calurus Cockerell 1898j: 440. Type data: MEXICO: Orizaba, on Crataegus sp.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (DeitzDa1986,20). Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
Chrysomphalus calurus (Cockerell, 1898); Cockerell 1899n: 27. change of combination
Aonidiella calura (Cockerell, 1898); Leonardi 1900: 341. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender
Aspidiotus calurus Cockerell, 1898; Cockerell 1905: 46. change of combination
Pelomphala calura (Cockerell, 1898); MacGillivray 1921: 441. change of combination
Chrysomphalus calurnus (Cockerell, 1898); MacGillivray 1921: 441. misspelling of species epithet
Pelomphala calurna (Cockerell, 1898); MacGillivray 1921: 441. misspelling of species epithet
Melanaspis calurus (Cockerell, 1898); McKenzie 1939: 53. change of combination
Melanaspis calura (Cockerell, 1898); Ferris 1941d: 350. emendation that is justified

Families: 5 | Genera: 5

Countries: 8

Structure: Female scale approximately circular, about 1.5 mm in diameter; slightly convex; covered by the epidermis of the bark, except the shining black exuviae, which are exposed and very conspicuous; there is a thick ventral scale (Cockerell, 1898j).
Biology: Occurring concealed beneath bark flakes and in cracks (Ferris, 1941d).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1941d) and by Deitz & Davidson (1986).