Valid Names Results
Melanaspis mimosae (Comstock, 1883) (Diaspididae: Melanaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Aspidiotus mimosae Comstock 1883: 62. Type data: MEXICO: Tampico, on twig of Mimosa.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (DeitzDa1986,54). Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
- Aonidiella mimosae (Comstock, 1883); Leonardi 1897: 286. change of combination
- Aspidiotus (Chrysomphalus) mimosae Comstock, 1883; Cockerell 1897i: 24. change of combination
- Chrysomphalus mimosae (Comstock, 1883); Cockerell 1899n: 26. change of combination
- Pseudischnaspis mimosae (Comstock, 1883); Lindinger 1937: 194. change of combination
- Melanaspis mimosae (Comstock, 1883); McKenzie 1939: 54. change of combination
- Chrysomphalus (Melanaspis) mimosae (Comstock, 1883); Merrill 1953: 37. change of combination
- Melanaspis mimosae (Comstock, 1883); Borchsenius 1966: 349. revived combination (previously published)
Common Names
- Mimosa scale Comsto1883 Dekle1965c MerrilCh1923
- mimosa scale Comsto1883
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 6 | Genera: 8
- Anacardiaceae
- Spondias | Dekle1965c Ferris1941d
- Spondias purpurea | DeitzDa1986 MerrilCh1923
- Betulaceae
- Betula | DeitzDa1986
- Bromeliaceae
- Tillandsia | DeitzDa1986
- Fabaceae
- Acacia farnesiana | Ferris1921 | (= Vachelia farnesiana)
- Cercidium floridum | Ferris1941d
- Mimosa | DeitzDa1986 Comsto1883
- Fagaceae
- Quercus | Ferris1941d
- Quercus brandegeei | Ferris1921
- Pinaceae
- Pinus cembroides | Ferris1921
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Mexico | Cocker1899n
- Tamaulipas | DeitzDa1986
- United States
- Arizona | DeitzDa1986
- California | DeitzDa1986
- Florida | Dekle1965c Ferris1941d Merril1953 MerrilCh1923
Keys
- DeitzDa1986: pp.12-15 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- Ferris1943: pp.64 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- Ferris1942: pp.38 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- Cocker1905: pp.45-46 ( Adult (F) ) [Mexico]
- Comsto1883: pp.55-57 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale very dark gray, agreeing in colour with the bark to which it is attached; convex, with the exuviae central; the protuberance indicating the position of the exuviae is marked with a white dot and concentric ring (Comstock, 1883).
- Biology: Occurring concealed under shreds of bark and in cracks (Ferris, 1941d).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Comstock (1883), Ferris (1921, 1941d) and by Deitz & Davidson (1986).
Illustrations
Citations
- AhmedMi2017: distribution, 1
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 624-625
- Borchs1966: catalog, 349-350
- Cocker1896b: distribution, 334
- Cocker1897i: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 24
- Cocker1899n: distribution, host, 26
- Cocker1905: taxonomy, 46
- Comsto1883: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 56,62
- DeitzDa1986: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 54-55
- Dekle1965c: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 89
- Dekle1976: description, distribution, economic importance, host, taxonomy, 110
- Fernal1903b: 291
- Ferris1941d: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 359
- Ferris1941e: taxonomy, 45
- Ferris1942: taxonomy, 446:38
- Ferris1943: taxonomy, 64
- Leonar1897: taxonomy, 286
- Leonar1899: taxonomy, 175-176,181
- Lindin1937: taxonomy, 194
- Lindin1957: taxonomy, 550
- MacGil1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 442-443
- McKenz1939: taxonomy, 54
- Merril1953: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 37-38
- MerrilCh1923: description, distribution, economic importance, host, taxonomy, 224-225
- Nakaha1982: distribution, host, 55
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 227
