Valid Names Results

Melanaspis frankiniae Ferris, 1941 (Diaspididae: Melanaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Melanaspis frankiniae Ferris 1941d: 354. Type data: MEXICO: Baja California, Northern District, Miller's Landing, which is near the northern limit of San Sebastian Vizcaino Bay, on Frankinia [=Frankenia] palmeri.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (DeitzDa1986,38). 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]
• Ferris1943: pp.64 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• Ferris1942: pp.37 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

• Structure: Scale of the female slightly elongate, but otherwise of the form characteristic of the genus; that of the male not recognized (Ferris, 1941d).
• Biology: Occurring on the twigs of the bark (Ferris, 1941d).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1941d) and by Deitz & Davidson (1986).

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