Valid Names Results

Melanaspis longula Ferris, 1941 (Diaspididae: Melanaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Melanaspis longula Ferris 1941d: 358. Type data: PANAMA: Chiriqui Province, at Boquete, on undetermined tree.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (DeitzDa1986,50). 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

• WeiScNo2021: pp.17-23 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidiotini from Panama]
• DeitzDa1986: pp.12-15 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• Ferris1943: pp.65 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• Ferris1942: pp.37 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

• Structure: Scale of the female of the texture and color common to the genus but elongate oval with the exuviae toward one end; that of the male not recognized (Ferris, 1941d).
• Biology: Occurring on the bark (Ferris, 1941d). Associated with the fungus, Septobasidium (Ferris, 1943).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1941d) and by Deitz & Davidson (1986).

Illustrations

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