Valid Names Results
Melanaspis latipyga Ferris, 1941 (Diaspididae: Melanaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Melanaspis latipyga Ferris 1941d: 356. Type data: PANAMA: Chiriqui Province, altitude about 7000 feet, on the Volcan de Chiriqui, on undetermined woody vine.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (DeitzDa1986,44). Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Melanaspis latipiga Ferris, 1941; Borchsenius 1966: 353. misspelling of species epithet
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 6 | Genera: 7
- Asteraceae
- Asteraceae | DeitzDa1986 Ferris1941d
- Senecio | Ferris1943
- Cannabaceae
- Celtis | Ferris1941d
- Celtis tenuifolia | McDani1970 | (= Celtis mississippiensis)
- Euphorbiaceae
- Euphorbia pulcherrima | DeitzDa1986
- Oleaceae
- Fraxinus | Ferris1941d McDani1970
- Piperaceae
- Piper | Ferris1941d
- Salicaceae
- Salix | Ferris1941d McDani1970
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 4
- Costa Rica | Nakaha1982
- Mexico
- Guerrero | Ferris1941d
- Michoacan | Ferris1941d
- Oaxaca | Ferris1941d
- Veracruz | Ferris1941d
- Panama | Ferris1941d
- United States
- Texas | Ferris1941d McDani1970
Keys
- WeiScNo2021: pp.17-23 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidiotini from Panama]
- DeitzDa1986: pp.12-15 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- McDani1970: pp.411-412 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: Texas]
- Ferris1943: pp.65 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- Ferris1942: pp.37 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Remarks
- Structure: Scale of the female of the type common to the genus; that of the male not recognized (Ferris, 1941d).
- Biology: Associated with the fungus, Septobasidium (Ferris, 1943).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1941d) and by Deitz & Davidson (1986).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 619
- Borchs1966: catalog, 349
- Ferris1941d: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 356
- Ferris1942: taxonomy, 446:37
- Ferris1943: distribution, host, taxonomy, 58-59
- Lindin1957: taxonomy, 550
- McDani1970: distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 415-416
- Nakaha1982: distribution, host, 55
- WeiScNo2021: key, 23
