Valid Names Results
Melanaspis glomerata is now Gannaspis glomerata (Green, 1903) (Diaspididae: Gannaspis)
Nomenclatural History
- Aspidiotus (Targionia) glomeratus Green 1903a: 93. Type data: INDIA: on Saccharum officinale; collected by G. Watt.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Targionia glomerata (Green, 1903); Fernald 1903b: 297. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender
- Aonidiella glomerata (Green, 1903); MacGillivray 1921: 445. change of combination
- Aspidiotus glomeratus Green, 1903; McKenzie 1938: 3. change of combination
- Melanaspis glomerata (Green, 1903); Lindinger 1943a: 147. change of combination
- Aonidiella gromerata (Green, 1903); Borchsenius 1966: 348. misspelling of species epithet
- Gannaspis glomerata (Green, 1903); Takagi 2019: 85. change of combination
Common Names
- black scale NarayaSuKa1957
- sugarcane scale insects TewariTr1979
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Poaceae
- Saccharum officinarum | Ali1962 Green1903a
Foes:
Families: 6 | Genera: 11
- Aphelinidae
- Ablerus chionaspidis | WilliaGr1990 | (= Azotus chionaspidis)
- Ablerus delhiensis | NarayaSuKa1957 WilliaGr1990 | (= Azotus delhiensis)
- Botryoideclava bharatiya | EaswarDaGa1996
- Marietta leopardina | NarayaSuKa1957 WilliaGr1990 | (= Marietta cheriani)
- Ceraphronidae
- Ceraphron | NarayaSuKa1957
- Coccinellidae
- Chilocorus nigritus | BaskarSu2006 RavindSu1995
- Pharoscymnus horni | RavindSu1995
- Sticholotis cribellata | SunilBaRa2001 SunilPoSi2002
- Sticholotis ruficeps | ChandrAv1986 | (= Sticholotis madagassa
- Encyrtidae
- Adelencyrtus bifasciatus | WilliaGr1990
- Adelencyrtus mayurai | NarayaSuKa1957 WilliaGr1990
- Adelencyrtus moderatus | WilliaGr1990 | (= Adelencyrtus femoralis)
- Rhopus nigroclavatus | WilliaGr1990 | (= Xanthoencyrtus fullawayi)
- Eulophidae
- Aprostocetus minutus | WilliaGr1990 | (= Tetrastichus lecanii)
- Phlaeothripidae
- Podothrips lucasseni | PalmerMo1990
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- India | Ramakr1921a
- Andhra Pradesh | Varshn2002
- Bihar | Ali1962
- Gujarat | Varshn2002
- Madhya Pradesh | KalraMe1967
- NCT Delhi | NarayaSuKa1957
- Odisha (=Orissa) | Varshn2002
- Tamil Nadu | KrishnMa2002
- Uttar Pradesh | Gupta1978
- Pakistan | Varshn2002
Keys
Remarks
- Systematics: This species was originally described under the name Aspidiotus (Targionia) glomeratusTargionia glomerata in the Fernald catalogue (1903). It differs from the species currently referred to Targionia Signoret in the arrangement of the dorsal ducts on the pygidium, in the paraphyses not developed in a clear and stable pattern, and in having membranous processes (plates) between the trullae.
- Structure: Female scales crowded and adhering together in such a manner that it is difficult to isolate a single individual; form irregularly circular, diameter 2.5 mm; slightly, convex; colour smoky-brown or greyish-black. Male scale similar to that of female, but much smaller and more oval; length 1 mm (Green, 1903a).
- Economic Importance: This species is causing serious losses to sugarcane crops in India (Williams & Greathead, 1990).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Green (1903a).
Illustrations
Citations
- AbdullBiSi2006: biological control, distribution, host, 23-28
- AbdullRaBi2006: control, distribution, ecology, host, life history, 37-42
- Agarwa1956: biological control, chemical control, description, distribution, economic importance, host, taxonomy, 24
- Agarwa1959: biological control, distribution, host, 249-250
- Agarwa1960: control, description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, life history, taxonomy, 523-544
- Agarwa1969: biological control, chemistry, 767-776
- AgarwaSh1960: biological control, distribution, economic importance, host, 197-203
- AgarwaShKa1959: ecology, life history, 462-463
- AgarwaSi1964: distribution, economic importance, host, 149
- Ali1962: distribution, economic importance, host, life history, 74-75
- AnsariPaMu1989: biological control, distribution, economic importance, host, 21-23
- BallalSuPr2006: biological control, 1-43
- BaskarSu2006: biological control, 159-164
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 613-615
- Borchs1966: catalog, 348
- Box1953: biological control, distribution, host, 51
- BurgerUl1990: economic importance, 321
- ChandrAv1986: biological control, 194-196
- DavidEa1986: biological control, distribution, host, 383-421
- DorgeDaPr1972: biological control, 138-141
- Dutta1992: control, distribution, host, life history, 337-342
- DuttaDe1987: description, taxonomy, 30-35
- DuttaDe1987a: biological control, distribution, host, 54-56
- DuttaDe1990: control, distribution, host, 161-163
- DuttaDe1994: biological control, 19-21
- DuttaDe1995: biological control, description, taxonomy, 39-47
- DuttaDe1995a: biological control, 75-78
- Easwar1986: biological control, distribution, ecology, economic importance, host, 31-67
- Easwar1986a: biological control, distribution, ecology, economic importance, host, 437-457
- EaswarDaBa1994: chemical control, 14-17
- EaswarDaGa1996: biological control, distribution, host, life history, 55-64
- EaswarKu1986: biological control, chemical control, distribution, economic importance, host, life history, 233-258
- EaswarRa1983: biological control, distribution, ecology, host, 64-65
- Fernal1903b: 297
- Ferris1941e: taxonomy, 44
- Ferris1943a: taxonomy, 86
- Gavril2018: reproduction, 241
- Greath1973: biological control, 29-33
- Greath1989: biological control, 28-37
- Green1903a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 93
- Gupta1978: control, distribution, economic importance, host, life history, 67-74
- HanksDe1998: ecology, life history, 239-262
- JayantDa1986: biological control, life history, structure, 363-381
- JayantDaGo1994: biological control, life history, structure, 305-314
- JayantDaGo1996: ecology, host, life history, 7-9
- JayantGo2000: life history, physiology, 11
- JayantGo2002: biological control, chemistry, host, 198-201
- JhansiBa2002: chemical control, distribution, host, 615-618
- Kalra1965: control, distribution, economic importance, host, 10-11
- KalraDa1966: distribution, economic importance, host, 770
- KalraMe1967: distribution, host, 555-556
- Khanna1957: distribution, host, 19-22
- KondoWa2022: distribution, host, list, 16
- KrishnMa2002: control, distribution, economic importance, host, 120-126
- KrishnMa2002a: distribution, ecology, host, 169-173
- KrishnMa2003: biological control, distribution, host, life history, 23-25
- KrishnMa2003a: distribution, ecology, host, life history, 203-212
- KumarMiPr1972: distribution, economic importance, host, 695
- Lindin1943a: taxonomy, 147
- MacGil1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 445
- MazzeoPeMa2023: phylogeny, 7
- McClur1990g: distribution, ecology, host, taxonomy, 319-330
- McKenz1938: taxonomy, 3
- MishraKaSi2004: chemical control, distribution, host, 752-754
- MisraPa1980: biological control, distribution, ecology, host, 71-73
- MisraPaAh1982: biological control, distribution, host, 123-124
- NarayaSuKa1957: biological control, distribution, host, 144-146
- NorrisKo1980: biological control, 22-61
- Noyes1990a: biological control, 153
- PalmerMo1990: biological control, 67-76
- ParsanMaKo1994: distribution, ecology, host, life history, 15-17
- PrasadVeMu1991: chemical control, distribution, economic importance, host, 516-520
- PruthiRa1942: distribution, host, 87-88
- RaghunKr1980: biological control, 81-85
- RaghunKr1980a: biological control, distribution, host, 177-179
- Rajend2002: control, economic importance, 174-178
- RajuRa1983: biological control, chemical control, distribution, host, 571-572
- RajuSe1982: distribution, host, life history, 19-20
- Ramakr1921a: catalog, distribution, host, 357
- RamasuRaNi2016: DNA, diagnosis, genebank, molecular data, 441-446
- Rao1957: biological control, 376-390
- Rao1970: biological control, chemical control, distribution, economic importance, host, 279-282
- RaoRa1990: biological control, chemical control, 60
- RaoRa1990a: chemical control, 173-175
- RaoRa1992: chemical control, life history, 125-128
- RaoRaBh2006: biological control, economic importance, 181-183
- RaoRaSa1983: chemical control, 11-18
- RaoSa1969: distribution, economic importance, host, 325-342
- RavindSu1994: chemical control, distribution, economic importance, host, 333-343
- RavindSu1995: biological control, distribution, host, 117-119
- RavindSu1998: biological control, distribution, host, 159-161
- Sankar1980: biological control, distribution, host, 1-12
- Sankar1988: biological control, 151-158
- SchneiFiNo2019: key, taxonomy, 93
- Seshag1980: biological control, distribution, host, 67-70
- ShukalTr1983: control, distribution, host, life history, 437-438
- ShuklaTr1979: distribution, host, life history, 535-536
- ShuklaTr1981: distribution, host, life history, 101-102
- ShuklaTr1983: distribution, host, life history, 160-162
- SinghVa1981: chemical control, 15-18
- SithanSo1980: biological control, distribution, host, 1-84
- SunilBaRa2001: biological control, distribution, host, 26-31
- SunilPoSi2002: biological control, 21-26
- Takagi2019: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 83-86
- TewariTr1979: biological control, chemical control, economic importance, 19-21
- TripatSh1982: distribution, economic importance, host, life history, 83-84
- TripatTe1984: distribution, economic importance, host, life history, 68-78
- TuhanPa1985: distribution, 41
- UpadhyVa1993: distribution, economic importance, host, 26-29
- VarmaTi1994: control, distribution, economic importance, host, 238-264
- Varshn2002: distribution, host, 33
- Varun1993: control, distribution, economic importance, host, 219-220
- VenkatSeKr1977: chemical control, distribution, economic importance, host, 689-693
- Watson2001: list, 177
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 224
- WilliaDe2020: taxonomy, 198
- WilliaGr1990: biological control, distribution, economic importance, host, 553-578
