Valid Names Results

Melanaspis fucata is now Acutaspis rhizophorae (Cockerell, 1899) (Diaspididae: Acutaspis)

Chrysomphalus rhizophorae Cockerell 1899d: 169. Type data: MEXICO: Tabasco, El Rio Polo, on leaves of mangrove.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
Pseudischnaspis rhizophorae (Cockerell, 1899); Lindinger 1937: 194. change of combination
Mycetaspis rhizophorae (Cockerell, 1899); McKenzie 1939: 54. change of combination
Melanaspis fucata Ferris 1941d: 355. Type data: MEXICO: State of Oaxaca, Ayutla, on Diospyros ebenaster. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; junior synonym (discovered by DeitzDa1986, 1). Illustr.
Melanaspis rhizophorae (Cockerell, 1899); Ferris 1942: 431. change of combination
Acutaspis rhizophorae (Cockerell, 1899); Deitz & Davidson 1986: 1. change of combination

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

Ferris1943: pp.64 ( Adult (F) ) [North America] Key as: Melanaspis fucata
Ferris1943: pp.64 ( Adult (F) ) [North America] Key as: Melanaspis rhizophorae
Ferris1942: pp.36 ( Adult (F) ) [North America] Key as: Melanaspis fucata
Ferris1942: pp.36 ( Adult (F) ) [North America] Key as: Melanaspis rhizophorae

Structure: The scale of the female circular to oval, about 1.5 mm in diameter; slightly convex; shining sepia-brown, sometimes pale coffee-colour, sometimes darker or even purplish brown; exuviae black, but covered by a dirty white film, leaving the first skin only visible (Cockerell, 1899d). Scale of the female flat, circular with a slight prolongation at one side, of a reddish brown around the margins, paler in the central portion and showing a peculiar characteristic through the fact that in the central region of the older scales the outer layer of the wax film tends to become detached from the inner layers and consequently this portion of the scale becomes white; a thin, black ventral scale is formed. Scale of the male slightly elongate, similar to that of the female in color (Ferris, 1941d).
Biology: Occurring on the leaves (Ferris, 1942).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1942). Description and illustration of adult female of the junior synonym, Melanaspis fucata, by Ferris (1941d)