Valid Names Results
Melanaspis saccharicola (Costa Lima, 1934) (Diaspididae: Melanaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Aonidiella saccharicola Costa Lima 1934a: 25. Type data: BRAZIL: Guaratiba (Distrito Federal), on sugarcane; collected by Aristotels Silva.. Syntypes, female, accepted valid name Notes: Costa Lima (1934a) stated that syntypes were deposited in the Oswaldo Cruz Institute. Claps et al. (2001) noted that type material was not traced.
- Melanaspis saccharicola (Costa Lima, 1934); Costa Lima 1942: 289. change of combination
- Chrysomphalus saccharicola (Costa Lima, 1934); Lindinger 1943b: 207. change of combination
- Melanaspis saccharicola (Costa Lima, 1934); Borchsenius 1966: 352. revived combination (previously published)
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 2
- Poaceae
- Pennisetum purpureum | ClapsWoGo2001 Lepage1938 LepageGi1943
- Saccharum officinarum | ClapsWoGo2001 CostaL1934 Lepage1938 LepageGi1943
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Brazil
- Distrito Federal (=Brasilia) | Lepage1938 LepageGi1943
- Rio de Janeiro | ClapsWoGo2001
Keys
Remarks
- Structure: Photograph of scale cover by Costa Lima (1934a). Female scale circular, 1.5-1.8 mm in diameter; robust, colour gray; exuviae eccentric, black; ventral vellum developed (Costa Lima, 1934a).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Costa Lima (1934a) and by Lepage & Giannotti (1943).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 635-636
- Borchs1966: catalog, 352
- Box1953: biological control, distribution, host, 51
- ClapsWoGo2001: distribution, host, 247
- CostaL1934a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 25
- CostaL1942: taxonomy, 289
- Lepage1938: catalog, 392
- LepageGi1943: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 344-345
- Lindin1943b: taxonomy, 207
- McKenz1938: taxonomy, 4
- MonteiWoPe2019: distribution, host, 393
- Sankar1980: biological control, distribution, host, 1-12
