Valid Names Results

Melanaspis deliquescens Ferris, 1941 (Diaspididae: Melanaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Melanaspis deliquescens Ferris 1941d: 352. Type data: U.S.A.: Texas, Chisos Mountains, on Acacia constricta.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (DeitzDa1986,30). Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• DeitzDa1986: pp.12-15 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• McDani1970: pp.411-412 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: Texas]
• Ferris1943: pp.66 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• Ferris1942: pp.38 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

• Structure: Scales of the type common to the genus (Ferris, 1941d).
• 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).

Illustrations

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