Valid Names Results
Mycetaspis personata (Comstock, 1883) (Diaspididae: Mycetaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Aspidiotus personatus Comstock 1883: 66. Type data: CUBA: Havana, on leaves of various trees and shrubs in public gardens.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Aspidiotus personates Comstock, 1883; Cockerell 1891: 5. misspelling of species epithet
- Aonidiella personata (Comstock, 1883); Leonardi 1897: 286. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender
- Aspidiotus (Mycetaspis) personatus Comstock, 1883; Cockerell 1897i: 24. change of combination
- Chrysomphalus personatus (Comstock, 1883); Fernald 1903b: 292. change of combination
- Melanaspis personata (Comstock, 1883); Lindinger 1921: 427. change of combination
- Mycetaspis personata (Comstock, 1883); MacGillivray 1921: 442. change of combination
- Pseudaonidia personata (Comstock, 1883); Gomez-Menor Ortega 1941: 139. change of combination
- Chrysomphalus ((Mycetaspis)) personatus (Comstock, 1883); Merrill 1953: 40. change of combination
- Mycetaspis personata (Comstock, 1883); Borchsenius 1966: 357. revived combination (previously published)
- Myxetaspis personata; Carrillo et al. 2024: 562. misspelling of genus name
Common Names
- masked scale Comsto1883 Dekle1965c Merril1953
- pinta-negra CarvalAg1997
- personata scale AbdRabEv2021
- escama munición del aguacate KondoWa2022b
- pinta-negra KondoWa2022b
- حشرة البرسوناتس القشرية AbdRab2012
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 22 | Genera: 36
- Anacardiaceae
- Anacardium | Ferris1941d
- Mangifera | Ferris1941d
- Mangifera indica | Dekle1965c Morgan1889a WolffCo1993a
- Operculicarya | Suh2026
- Tapirira guianensis | NormarMoKr2014
- Annonaceae
- Annona | Balach1951
- Arecaceae
- Areca | Ferris1941d
- Cocos | Balach1951
- Cocos nucifera | Ferris1941d
- Dypsis lutescens | MatileEt2006
- Latania | Balach1951
- Phoenix | Balach1951
- Sabal | Ferris1941d
- Socratea exorrhiza | NormarMoKr2014
- Bignoniaceae
- Catalpa longissima | GomezM1941 | (= Catalpa longisiliqua)
- Bromeliaceae
- Tillandsia | Ferris1941d
- Calophyllaceae
- Mammea americana | DonesEv2011
- Celastraceae
- Euonymus | KondoWa2022b
- Fabaceae
- Acacia saligna | PorcelPe2019
- Bauhinia | Merril1953
- Lauraceae
- Persea | Balach1951
- Persea americana | KondoMu2016 CarrilHoAl2024
- Malpighiaceae
- Heteropterys laurifolia | Ferris1941d | (= Banisteria laurifolia)
- Malvaceae
- Brachychiton | KondoWa2022b
- Durio | Suh2026
- Monimiaceae
- Tambourissa | Matile1978
- Moraceae
- Ficus | Ferris1941d Merril1953
- Ficus benjamina | MatileEt2006
- Ficus microcarpa | NormarOkMo2019
- Ficus retusa | Balach1958b
- Musaceae
- Musa | Ferris1941d
- Myristicaceae
- Virola sebifera | NormarMoKr2014
- Myrtaceae
- Acca sellowiana | Balach1938a | (= Feijoa sellowiana)
- Eugenia | Merril1953
- Psidium guajava | Malump2014a
- Oleaceae
- Jasminum | Ferris1941d
- Ligustrum | KondoWa2022b
- Pandanaceae
- Pandanus | Suh2026
- Polygonaceae
- Coccoloba uvifera | Malump2018
- Rutaceae
- Citrus | CarvalAg1997
- Sapotaceae
- Manilkara zapota | Dekle1965c | (= Achras sapota)
- Theaceae
- Camellia japonica | Balach1938a
Foes:
Families: 3 | Genera: 4
- Aphelinidae
- Aphytis chrysomphali | AbdRab2001a
- Aphytis equatorialis | RosenDe1979
- Encarsia lounsburyi | KondoWa2022b
- Chrysopidae
- Chrysoperla carnea | KondoWa2022b
- Signiphoridae
- Signiphora falcata | LazaroGoRo2021
- Signiphora fax | Woolle1990
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 57
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Antigua | Malump2018
- Argentina | ClapsTe2001
- Entre Rios | GranarCl2003
- Tucuman | GranarCl2003
- Barbados | KondoWa2022b
- Belgium | Nakaha1982
- Belize | NormarOkMo2019
- Brazil | Ferris1941d WolffCo1993a
- Alagoas | WolffCo1993
- Parana | KondoWa2022b
- Pernambuco | WolffCo1993
- Rio Grande do Sul | AlmeidPeMa2018
- Rio de Janeiro | WolffCo1993
- Santa Catarina | WolffCo1993
- Sao Paulo | WolffCo1993
- Cameroon | MatileNo1984 RosenDe1979
- Canary Islands | Nakaha1982 PorcelPe2019
- China
- Xianggang (=Hong Kong) | Chou1985
- Colombia | Kondo2001
- Comoros | Matile1978
- Cote d'Ivoire (=Ivory Coast) | Nakaha1982
- Cuba | Comsto1883 MestreHaEv2011
- Czech Republic | Zahrad1977 Zahrad1990b
- Dominican Republic | GomezM1941
- Ecuador | NormarOkMo2019 SchneiOkNo2018
- Egypt | AbdRabEv2021 Ezzat1958 Salama1970a
- France | Nakaha1982
- French Guiana | KondoWa2022b
- French Polynesia
- Tahiti | KondoWa2022b
- Germany | Nakaha1982
- Guadeloupe | MatileEt2006
- Guinea | Nakaha1982
- Guyana (=British Guiana) | Morgan1889a
- Haiti | PerezG2008
- Hawaiian Islands
- Hawaii | Nakaha1982
- Honduras | KondoWa2022b
- India
- Kerala | Varshn2002
- Indonesia | Nakaha1982
- Israel | KondoWa2022b
- Jamaica | Ferris1941d
- Kampuchea (=Cambodia) | Suh2026
- Lebanon | KondoWa2022b
- Madeira Islands | Balach1938a CarvalAg1997
- Martinique | MatileEt2006
- Mexico | Cocker1899n Ferris1941d | Nakaha1982
- Nuevo Leon | LazaroGoRo2023
- Montserrat | KondoWa2022b
- Netherlands | Nakaha1982
- Nicaragua | KondoWa2022b
- Panama | Ferris1941d NormarMoKr2014 SchneiOkNo2018
- Peru | Nakaha1982
- Philippines | Nakaha1982
- Puerto Rico & Vieques Island
- Puerto Rico | DonesEv2011 Ferris1941d Martor1976
- Russia
- Moscow Oblast | Danzig1993
- Saint Lucia | Malump2014a
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | KondoWa2022b
- Senegal | Nakaha1982
- Sierra Leone | Nakaha1982
- Sri Lanka | Nakaha1982
- Thailand | Suh2026
- Togo | Nakaha1982
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Trinidad | KondoWa2022b
- U.S. Virgin Islands | Nakaha1983
- United Kingdom
- England | Ferris1941d
- United States
- Florida | Dekle1965c Merril1953
- Venezuela | Nakaha1982
- Vietnam | Suh2026
Keys
- LazaroGoRo2023: pp.247-248 ( Adult (F) ) [Armored scale species on avocado in central Mexico]
- WeiScNo2021: pp.17-23 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidiotini from Panama]
- SchneiClWe2020: pp.67-71 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidiotini in Argentina]
- DonesEv2011: pp.5 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult females of the genus Mycetaspis]
- EvansWaMi2009: pp.63-67 ( Adult (F) ) [Diaspididae species found on avocado]
- ClapsTe2001: pp.392 ( Adult (F) ) [South Africa]
- Ezzat1958: pp.242 ( Adult (F) ) [Egypt]
- Ferris1942: pp.38 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- Cocker1905: pp.45-46 ( Adult (F) ) [Mexico]
- Comsto1883: pp.55-57 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Remarks
- Systematics: M. personata can be confused with M. apicata, but differs as follows (characteristics of M. apicata given in parenthesis):M. personata has the sclerotized area on the head forming a somewhat flattened bulge (forming a rounded cone); eyes each represented by an unsclerotized boss (each modified into a pointed spur); and ventral microducts absent from around the mouthparts and anterior spiracles (microducts numerous near the mouthparts and anterior spiracles). (Watson, 2002)
- Structure: Female scale circular; very convex; exuviae central; colour gray or black, with the exuviae shining black; the position of the exuviae is usually marked with a white dot and a concentric ring of the same colour; ventral scale well developed (Comstock, 1883). Female scale very black, almost hemispherical or somewhat thimble-shaped, with the exuviae central, that of the male flat, oval, lighter in colour (Ferris, 1941d). Colour photograph of the scale cover and general appearance see Carvalho & Aguiar (1997). Adult female scale cover 0.5‒1.0 mm long, almost hemispherical, often taller than wide, black, brittle, with central exuviae (Watson 2002).
- Biology: Scales apparently occurring normally on the leaves (Ferris, 1941d).
- Economic Importance: This polyphagous species, distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, has been recorded as citrus pest in Madeira (Balachowsky, 1938a; Carvalho & Aguiar, 1997) and mango in Egypt (Salama & Saleh, 1972).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1941d), Balachowsky (1951, 1958b), Chou (1985, 1986), Zahradnik (1990b) and by Colon-Ferrer & Medina-Gaud (1998). Moghaddam & Watson (2021) consider the presence of this species in Iran as doubtful. Color photograph in Kondo & Watson (2022b).
Illustrations
Citations
- AbdRab2001a: biological control, distribution, host, 174
- AbdRab2012: list, 610
- AbdRabEv2021: distribution, host, 36
- AbouEl2001: biological control, distribution, host, 185-195
- AlmeidPeMa2018: distribution, host, 355
- AmunCl2015: distribution, host, 5
- AndersWuGr2010: molecular data, 992-1003
- Balach1938a: distribution, economic importance, host, 151
- Balach1951: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 575-578
- Balach1958b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 203,206-207
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 662-665
- BiezanFr1939: distribution, host, 1-18
- Bondar1914: distribution, economic importance, host, 1064-1106
- Bondar1915: distribution, economic importance, host, 44-47
- Borchs1966: catalog, 357-358
- BurgerUl1990: economic importance, 313-327
- CampbeHoMc1994: phylogeny, 532, 533
- CarrilHoAl2024: distribution, host, 562
- CarvalAg1997: biological control, description, distribution, economic importance, host, life history, 295-297
- Chou1985: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 319-320
- Chou1986: illustration, taxonomy, 694
- ChuaWo1990: distribution, economic importance, host, 543-552
- ClapsDo2003: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 25
- ClapsTe2001: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 392,397-398
- ClapsWoGo2001a: distribution, host, taxonomy, 22
- Cocker1892b: distribution, host, 333
- Cocker1893cc: distribution, host, 100-101
- Cocker1896b: distribution, 334
- Cocker1897i: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 24
- Cocker1899n: distribution, host, 23
- Cocker1905: taxonomy, 45
- ColonFMe1998: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 72-73
- Comsto1883: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 66-67
- CostaLSaAr2024: distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, record,
- Craw1896: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 35
- Danzig1993: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 241-242
- DanzigPe1998: catalog, 312
- DeSant1979: biological control,
- Dekle1965c: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 95
- Dekle1976: description, distribution, economic importance, host, taxonomy, 116
- DonesEv2011: distribution, host, taxonomy, 2,5
- DooleySm2013: catalog, 12
- ElMinsElHa1974: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 223-232
- ElMinsOs1973: structure, taxonomy, 169-173
- ElMinsOs1974: biological control, distribution, ecology, host, life history, 152-170
- EvansWaMi2009: taxonomy, 63-67
- Ezzat1958: distribution, 242
- EzzatNa1987: distribution, 87
- Fernal1903b: 292
- Ferris1937c: illustration, taxonomy, 51,85
- Ferris1941d: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 372
- Ferris1941e: taxonomy, 47
- Ferris1942: taxonomy, 446:38
- Foldi1990: structure, 43-54
- Fonsec1963: distribution, host, 32-35
- Fonsec1964: distribution, host, 515
- FonsecAu1932a: distribution, host, 202-214
- FrancoRuMa2011: distribution, 14,24
- Gavril2018: reproduction, 242
- Gentry1965: distribution, economic importance, host,
- Gomez1936: distribution, host, 42-43
- GomezM1941: distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 139
- Gowdey1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 32
- GranarCl2003: distribution, host, 625-637
- Green1897: taxonomy, 69
- Green1915e: distribution, host, 608-636
- GruwelMoNo2007: endosymbionts, taxonomy, 267-280
- GruwelWoKo2016: phylogeny, 173-176
- Hall1927d: taxonomy, 274
- Hempel1920: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 141
- JansenAl2023: dispersal, host, 34
- Koebel1907: biological control, distribution, host, 159-164
- Kondo2001: distribution, host, taxonomy, 44
- Kondo2010: distribution, host, 41-44
- KondoKa1995: distribution, host, 57-58
- KondoKa1995a: distribution, host, 97-98
- KondoMu2016: distribution, host, illustration, 7
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 18
- KondoWa2022n: biology, control, diagnosis, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, 510
- Koszta1955: distribution, host, 381
- LazaroGoRo2023: diagnosis, distribution, host, key, natural enemies, taxonomy, 247, 261
- Leefma1929: distribution, host, 1
- Leonar1897: taxonomy, 286
- Leonar1899: taxonomy, 175-176,193-203
- Lindin1921: distribution, host, 427
- Lindin1936: taxonomy, 155
- Lindin1937: taxonomy, 194
- Lindin1939: taxonomy, 38
- Lounsb1921: distribution, host, 35-38
- MacGil1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 442
- Mallam1954: distribution, 24-60
- Malump2014a: distribution, host, 77
- Malump2018: distribution, host, 56
- MartinLa2011: catalog, distribution, host, 38
- Martor1976: distribution, host, 23,75,134,154,166
- Matile1978: distribution, host, 65
- MatileEt2006: distribution, host, 172
- MatileNo1984: distribution, host, 66
- McInti1889: taxonomy, 23
- McKenz1938: taxonomy, 4
- McKenz1939: taxonomy, 54
- Merril1953: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 40
- MestreHaEv2011: distribution, 13
- Meurge2011: distribution, 81
- MillerDa1990: distribution, economic importance, host, 303
- Moghad2013a: distribution, 43
- MohammGh2008: distribution, 152
- Morgan1889a: distribution, host, 351
- MorseNo2006: molecular biology, phylogeny, 338-349
- MouradMeFa2001: distribution, host, 571-580
- Nakaha1982: distribution, host, 58
- Nakaha1983: distribution, host, 13
- Newste1901b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 81-84
- NormarOkMo2019: distribution, host, phylogeny, 26, S2
- NourElRi1970: distribution, host, 123-127
- Pace1939: distribution, host, 664-665
- PerezG2008: distribution, 214
- Ponnam1999: chemical control, distribution, host, 445-451
- PorcelPe2019: diagnosis, distribution, host, 186
- PriesnHo1932: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 92
- PriesnHo1940: biological control, 58-70
- RosenDe1979: biological control, distribution, host, 564-567
- RossHaOk2012: phylogeny, taxonomy, 199
- RugmanAnMo2010: molecular data, phylogenetics, taxonomy, 30-38
- Salama1970a: distribution, host, life history, 42-46
- Salama1972: distribution, host, life history, 403-407
- SalamaSa1972: distribution, economic importance, host, life history, 328-331
- Sassce1918: distribution, host, 125-129
- Schmut1957a: distribution, host, 136
- Schmut1957b: taxonomy, 148
- Schmut1959: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 107
- SchmutKlLu1957: distribution, economic importance, host, 491
- SchneiClWe2020: key, 69
- SchneiFiNo2019: key, taxonomy, 93
- SchneiOkNo2018: phylogeny,
- SchneiPo2026: distribution, economic importance, list, 18
- Suh2026: dispersal, distribution, economic control, host, list, 7
- Tao1999: distribution, host, taxonomy, 99
- Varshn2002: distribution, host, 34
- Ward1890: distribution, host, 306
- WatanaTaCo2000: biological control, distribution, host, life history, 49-64
- Watson2001: list, 177
- WeiScNo2021: key, 22
- Wester1918: distribution, economic importance, host, 5-57
- Wester1920: distribution, host,
- Willia1970DJ: distribution, host, taxonomy, 33
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 229
- WolffCo1993: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 47-49
- WolffCo1993a: distribution, host, 153
- Woolle1990: biological control, 167-176
- Zahrad1957: distribution, host, 49
- Zahrad1977: distribution, taxonomy, 120
- Zahrad1990b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 113-115
- ZarkanApTu2021: distribution, host, 167
