Valid Names Results

Melanaspis sulcata Ferris, 1943 (Diaspididae: Melanaspis)

Nomenclatural History

Melanaspis latipyga; Ferris 1941d: 356. misidentification (discovered by Ferris1943, 59). Notes:
Melanaspis sulcata Ferris 1943: 61. Type data: PANAMA: Chiriqui Province, Armuelles, on undetermined plant, with Septobasidium.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (DeitzDa1986,78). Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 10 | Genera: 9

Anacardiaceae

Spondias | DeitzDa1986 Ferris1943

Annonaceae

Annona cherimola | DeitzDa1986 Ferris1943

Apocynaceae

Plumeria | DeitzDa1986

Asteraceae

Asteraceae | Ferris1943

Burseraceae

Bursera | DeitzDa1986

Ebenaceae

Diospyros kaki | DeitzDa1986

Euphorbiaceae

Manihot esculenta | DeitzDa1986

Lamiaceae

Lamiaceae | DeitzDa1986

Rutaceae

Citrus | DeitzDa1986

Salicaceae

Salix | DeitzDa1986

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 7

Cuba | DeitzDa1986

Germany | DeitzDa1986

Jamaica | DeitzDa1986

Japan | DeitzDa1986

Mexico

Colima | Ferris1943
Guerrero | Ferris1943
Nayarit | Ferris1943
Veracruz | Ferris1943

Panama | Ferris1943

Philippines | DeitzDa1986

Keys

WeiScNo2021: pp.17-23 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidiotini from Panama]
DeitzDa1986: pp.12-15 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Ferris1943: pp.65 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

Structure: Ferris (1943) did not describe the scale cover.
Biology: Associated with fungi, Septobasidium (Ferris, 1943).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1941d, 1943) and by Deitz & Davidson (1986).

Illustrations

Citations

BenDovGe2003: catalog, 640-641
Borchs1966: catalog, 353
DanzigPe1998: catalog, 305
DeitzDa1986: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 78-79
Ferris1941d: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 356
Ferris1943: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 61,70
WeiScNo2021: key, 22