Valid Names Results
Melanaspis tenax McKenzie, 1944 (Diaspididae: Melanaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Melanaspis tenax McKenzie 1944: 54. Type data: GUATEMALA: on Odontoglossum rossii.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 7 | Genera: 16
- Araceae
- Monstera | DeitzDa1986
- Monstera deliciosa | DeitzDa1986
- Philodendron | DeitzDa1986 DeitzDa1986
- Philodendron lacerum | DeitzDa1986
- Philodendron radiatum | DeitzDa1986 | (= Philodendron polytomum)
- Philodendron tweedieanum | DeitzDa1986 | (= Philodendron dubium)
- Philodendron warszewiczii | DeitzDa1986
- Arecaceae
- Arecaceae | DeitzDa1986
- Euphorbiaceae
- Euphorbia pulcherrima | DeitzDa1986
- Musaceae
- Musa | DeitzDa1986
- Orchidaceae
- Brassavola nodosa | DeitzDa1986
- Brassavola subulifolia | DeitzDa1986 | (= Brassavola cordata)
- Brassia | DeitzDa1986
- Cattleya | DeitzDa1986
- Cattleya dowiana | DeitzDa1986 | var. aurea
- Cattleya trianae | DeitzDa1986
- Cattleya velutina | DeitzDa1986
- Cattleya warscewiczii | DeitzDa1986
- Dendrobium | DeitzDa1986
- Epidendrum | DeitzDa1986
- Epidendrum stamfordianum | DeitzDa1986
- Miltonia | DeitzDa1986
- Oncidium | DeitzDa1986
- Oncidium fuscatum | DeitzDa1986 | (= Miltonia warscewiczii)
- Oncidium sphacelatum | DeitzDa1986
- Orchidaceae | DeitzDa1986
- Peristeria elata | DeitzDa1986
- Rhynchostele rossii | DeitzDa1986 McKenz1944 | (= Odontoglossum rossii)
- Rubiaceae
- Ixora stenophylla | DeitzDa1986 | (= Ixora acuminata)
- Solanaceae
- Solanum punctulatum | DeitzDa1986
- Solanum wendlandii | DeitzDa1986
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 18
- Barbados | DeitzDa1986
- Colombia | DeitzDa1986
- Costa Rica | DeitzDa1986
- Cuba | DeitzDa1986
- Dominican Republic | DeitzDa1986
- Ecuador | DeitzDa1986
- Guatemala | DeitzDa1986
- Haiti | PerezG2008
- Honduras | DeitzDa1986
- Jamaica | DeitzDa1986
- Mexico
- Chiapas | CaballRa2018 DeitzDa1986
- San Luis Potosi | DeitzDa1986
- Veracruz | DeitzDa1986
- Nicaragua | DeitzDa1986
- Panama | DeitzDa1986
- Panama Canal Zone | DeitzDa1986
- Puerto Rico & Vieques Island
- Puerto Rico | DeitzDa1986
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Trinidad | DeitzDa1986
- United States
- California | McKenz1944
- Florida | DeitzDa1986
- Venezuela | DeitzDa1986
Keys
- WeiScNo2021: pp.17-23 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidiotini from Panama]
- DeitzDa1986: pp.12-15 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Remarks
- Structure: Scale of the female circular, averaging 1.25 mm in diameter; chocolate brown; exuvium subcentral. Male scale elongate, similar in color but smaller than that of the female; exuvium near one end (McKenzie, 1944).
- Biology: Occurring on pseudo bulbs of Odontoglossum rossii and presumably on the leaves of Cattleya sp. (McKenzie, 1943).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by McKenzie (1944), Deitz & Davidson (1986) and by Colon-Ferrer & Medina-Gaud (1998).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 641-642
- Borchs1966: catalog, 353
- CaballRa2018: distribution, 2
- ColonFMe1998: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 69-70
- DeitzDa1986: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 80-81
- McKenz1944: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 54-55,58
- PerezG2008: distribution, 214
- WeiScNo2021: key, 23
