Valid Names Results
Melanaspis ponderosa Ferris, 1941 (Diaspididae: Melanaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Melanaspis ponderosa Ferris 1941d: 363. Type data: PANAMA: Chiriqui Province, Armuelles, on Enallagma cucurbitans.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (DeitzDa1986,64). Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 5 | Genera: 5
- Acanthaceae
- Avicennia germinans | DeitzDa1986 Ferris1941d
- Bignoniaceae
- Amphitecna latifolia | DeitzDa1986 Ferris1941d | (= Enallagma cucurbitina)
- Fabaceae
- Enterolobium cyclocarpum | DeitzDa1986
- Polygonaceae
- Coccoloba | DeitzDa1986
- Rhizophoraceae
- Rhizophora | DeitzDa1986
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 3
- Colombia | DeitzDa1986
- Mexico
- Ciudad de México | DeitzDa1986
- Panama | DeitzDa1986 Ferris1941d
Keys
- WeiScNo2021: pp.17-23 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidiotini from Panama]
- DeitzDa1986: pp.12-15 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- Ferris1943: pp.64 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- Ferris1942: pp.36 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Remarks
- Structure: Scale of the female of the type common to the genus (Ferris, 1941d).
- Biology: Occurs buried in the soft bark, on the others concealed under bark flakes (Ferris, 1941d).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1941d) and by Deitz & Davidson (1986).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 633-634
- Borchs1966: catalog, 351
- DeitzDa1986: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 64-65
- Ferris1941d: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 363
- Ferris1942: taxonomy, 446:36
- Ferris1943: taxonomy, 64
- WeiScNo2021: key, 22
