Valid Names Results

Melanaspis squamea Ferris, 1943 (Diaspididae: Melanaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Melanaspis latipyga; Ferris 1941d: 356. misidentification (discovered by Ferris1943, 59).
• Melanaspis squamea Ferris 1943: 59. Type data: PANAMA: Chiriqui Province, Boquete, on undetermined tree.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (DeitzDa1986,76). Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Melanaspis latipyga; Borchsenius 1966: 353. misidentification
• Melanaspis latipiga Ferris, 1941; Borchsenius 1966: 353. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 5 | Genera: 6

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WeiScNo2021: pp.17-23 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidiotini from Panama]
• EvansWaMi2009: pp.63-67 ( Adult (F) ) [Diaspididae species found on avocado]
• DeitzDa1986: pp.12-15 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• Ferris1943: pp.65 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

• Structure: Scale of the female circular; quite convex; black brittle with a thick ventral scale. Scale of the male not recognized (Ferris, 1943).
• Biology: Occurring on the bark, associated with and concealed by a fungus of the genus Septobasidium (Ferris, 1943).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1943) and by Deitz & Davidson (1986).

Illustrations

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