Valid Names Results

Melanaspis nigropunctata (Cockerell, 1896) (Diaspididae: Melanaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Aspidiotus nigropunctatus Cockerell 1896h: 20. Type data: MEXICO: San Luis, on bark of undetermined tree; collected by Townsend, October 12, 1894.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (DeitzDa1986,56). Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
• Aspidiotus (Melanaspis) nigropunctatus Cockerell, 1896; Cockerell 1897i: 24. change of combination
• Chrysomphalus nigropunctatus (Cockerell, 1896); Leonardi 1897: 286. change of combination
• Melanaspis nigropunctata (Cockerell, 1896); McKenzie 1939: 54. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 16 | Genera: 22

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WeiScNo2021: pp.17-23 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidiotini from Panama]
• Koszta1996: pp.533 ( Adult (F) ) [Northeastern North America ]
• DeitzDa1986: pp.12-15 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• McDani1970: pp.411-412 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: Texas]
• Ferris1943: pp.64 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• Ferris1942: pp.36 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• Cocker1905: pp.45-46 ( Adult (F) ) [Mexico]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale subcircular to suboval, 3 mm in diameter; slightly convex; dirty grey; exuviae sublateral, pitch black, with a narrow reddish margin; exuviae covered by a film of white secretion (Cockerell, 1896h).
• Biology: Occurring exposed upon bark of host, or concealed beneath bark flakes (Cockerell, 1896h; Ferris, 1941d).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1941d), Deitz & Davidson (1986), Kosztarab (1996) and by Colon-Ferrer & Medina-Gaud (1998).

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