Valid Names Results
Melanaspis odontoglossi (Cockerell, 1893) (Diaspididae: Melanaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Aspidiotus biformis odontoglossi Cockerell 1893k: 548. Type data: JAMAICA: Kingston, on Odontoglossum grande; collected Cockerell and Dr. Henderson.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (DeitzDa1986,62). Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
- Aspidiotus (Chrysomphalus) biformis odontoglossi Cockerell, 1893; Cockerell 1897i: 23. change of combination
- Aspidiotus (Chrysomphalus) smilacis; Kuwana 1902a: 32. misidentification (discovered by Borchs1966, 350).
- Chrysomphalus odontoglossi (Cockerell, 1893); Fernald 1903b: 291. Type depository: Buenos Aires: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Division Entomologia, Argentina; change of combination and rank
- Aspidiotus (Aonidiella) multiclavata Green & Laing 1923: 126. Type data: JAMAICA: Hill Gardens, on redwood tree, Brythroxylon areolatum.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by DeitzDa1986, 60).
- Aspidiotus (Aonidiella) ritchiei Green & Laing 1923: 125. Type data: JAMAICA: Kingston, on bark of Cassia fistula.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by DeitzDa1986, 60). Illustr.
- Melanaspis multiclavata (Green & Laing, 1923); Lindinger 1932: 224. change of combination
- Pseudischnaspis ritchiei (Green & Laing, 1923); Lindinger 1937: 194. change of combination
- Pseudischnaspis ritchiiei (Green & Laing, 1923); Lindinger 1937: 194. misspelling of species epithet
- Aspidiotus odontoglossi Cockerell, 1893; McKenzie 1939: 54. change of combination
- Melanaspis odontoglossi (Cockerell, 1893); McKenzie 1939: 54. change of combination
- Aspidiotus multiclavata Green & Laing, 1923; Ferris 1941e: 46. change of combination
- Melanaspis obtusa Ferris 1941d: 362. Type data: MEXICO: State of Oaxaca, Chivela, on Byrsonima crassifolia.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Borchs1966, 351). Illustr.
- Melanaspis ritchiei (Green & Laing, 1923); Ferris 1942: 445. change of combination
- Aspidiotus (Aonidiella) multiclavata; Borchsenius 1966: 352. incorrect synonymy (discovered by DeitzDa1986, 60). Notes: Incorrect synonymy of Aspidiotus (Aonidiella) odontoglossi Green & Laing, 1923 with Melanaspis smilacis (Comstock); see Deitz & Davidson, 1986: 60.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 22 | Genera: 33
- Amaranthaceae
- Alternanthera filifolia | LincanHoCa2010
- Apocynaceae
- Vallesia | DeitzDa1986
- Asparagaceae
- Agave | DeitzDa1986
- Asteraceae
- Scalesia affinis | Ferris1941d | (= Scalesia gummifera)
- Bignoniaceae
- Jacaranda | DeitzDa1986
- Jacaranda copaia | NormarOkMo2019
- Cactaceae
- Browningia | DeitzDa1986 | (= Gymnathocereus)
- Celastraceae
- Maytenus octogona | LincanHoCa2010
- Combretaceae
- Conocarpus erectus | LincanHoCa2010
- Erythroxylaceae
- Erythroxylum areolatum | DeitzDa1986
- Euphorbiaceae
- Croton scouleri | Ferris1941d
- Euphorbia pulcherrima | DeitzDa1986
- Fabaceae
- Acacia | DeitzDa1986
- Albizia lebbeck | DeitzDa1986
- Cassia fistula | DeitzDa1986 Ferris1942 GreenLa1923
- Enterolobium cyclocarpum | Ferris1941d
- Samanea saman | DeitzDa1986
- Malpighiaceae
- Byrsonima crassifolia | DeitzDa1986 Ferris1941d
- Malvaceae
- Pterospermum acerifolium | Ferris1941d
- Melastomataceae
- Medinilla magnifica | DeitzDa1986
- Nyctaginaceae
- Cryptocarpus pyriformis | LincanHoCa2010
- Orchidaceae
- Brassavola subulifolia | DeitzDa1986 | (= Brassavola cordata)
- Broughtonia domingensis | DeitzDa1986 | (= Laeliopsis domingensis)
- Lycaste brevispatha | DeitzDa1986
- Oncidium | DeitzDa1986
- Rossioglossum grande | Cocker1893k DeitzDa1986 Ferris1942
- Tolumnia triquetra | DeitzDa1986 | (= Oncidium triquetrum)
- Poaceae
- Chusquea | Ferris1941d
- Proteaceae
- Grevillea robusta | DeitzDa1986
- Rosaceae
- Cydonia | DeitzDa1986
- Rubiaceae
- Cinchona | DeitzDa1986
- Sapotaceae
- Chrysophyllum albidum | DeitzDa1986
- Pouteria sapota | DeitzDa1986
- Solanaceae
- Solanum punctulatum | DeitzDa1986
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 10
- Ecuador | DeitzDa1986
- Galapagos Islands | CaustoPeSi2006 Ferris1941d LincanHoCa2010 PeckHeLa1998
- Honduras | DeitzDa1986
- Jamaica | DeitzDa1986 Ferris1942 GreenLa1923
- Mexico
- Oaxaca | DeitzDa1986 Ferris1941d
- Panama | DeitzDa1986 Ferris1941d
- Peru | DeitzDa1986
- Puerto Rico & Vieques Island | DeitzDa1986
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Trinidad | DeitzDa1986
- United States
- Florida | DeitzDa1986
- New York | DeitzDa1986 Ferris1941d
Keys
- WeiScNo2021: pp.17-23 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidiotini from Panama]
- DeitzDa1986: pp.12-15 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- Ferris1943: pp.66 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- Ferris1943: pp.64 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- Ferris1942: pp.38 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Remarks
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Green & Laing (1923) (as A. ritchiei and A. multiclavata, Ferris (1941d) (as Melanaspis obtusa and by Deitz & Davidson (1986).
Illustrations
Citations
- AhmedMi2017: distribution, 1
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 630-631
- Borchs1966: catalog, 350-352
- CaustoPeSi2006: distribution, 138
- Cocker1893k: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 548
- Cocker1896b: distribution, 334
- Cocker1897i: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 23
- Cocker1897l: taxonomy, 151
- DeitzDa1986: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 60-62
- Fernal1903b: 291
- Ferris1941d: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 362
- Ferris1941e: taxonomy, 46,47
- Ferris1942: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 430;445:3;446:37-38
- Ferris1943: taxonomy, 64
- GreenLa1923: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 125-126
- Kuwana1902a: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 32
- LincanHoCa2010: distribution, host, 5
- Lindin1937: taxonomy, 194
- Lindin1957: taxonomy, 545-546,550
- MazzeoPeMa2023: phylogeny, 7
- McKenz1938: taxonomy, 4
- McKenz1939: taxonomy, 54
- Nakaha1982: distribution, host, 56
- NormarOkMo2019: distribution, host, 26
- PeckHeLa1998: distribution, host, 219-237
- PorcelPeMa2012: structure, 320
- RodrigNaVa2019: distribution, host, 468
- WeiScNo2021: key, 23
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 227
