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Mycetaspis sphaerioides (Cockerell, 1895) (Diaspididae: Mycetaspis)

Aspidiotus sphaerioides Cockerell 1895w: 7. Type data: U.S.A.: Louisiana, exact locality not indicated, on leaves of New Zealand flax [=Phormium sp.]; collected by E.M. Ehrhorn.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
Aspidiotus (Chrysomphalus) sphaerioides Cockerell, 1895; Cockerell 1897i: 30. change of combination
Chrysomphalus sphaerioides (Cockerell, 1895); Leonardi 1897: 286. change of combination
Pseudischnaspis sphaerioides (Cockerell, 1895); Lindinger 1937: 194. change of combination
Mycetaspis sphaerioides (Cockerell, 1895); McKenzie 1939: 55. change of combination

Families: 4 | Genera: 4

Countries: 5

WeiScNo2021: pp.17-23 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidiotini from Panama]
DonesEv2011: pp.5 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult females of the genus Mycetaspis]
Ferris1942: pp.38 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Structure: Female scale circular, over 1 mm in diameter; individuals on leaf moderately convex; dark reddish-brown, with the part covering the exuviae indicated by a pale raised ring; when rubbed, the exuviae are uncovered and appear shining black; with a ventral vellum that remains attached to the host plant (Cockerell, 1895w). In the type lot the scales of the females are almost hemispherical in form, dark brown in color, those of the males flat and paler, oval. In the material on Bursera the scales seem to be flatter, but they are perhaps not fully mature (Ferris, 1941d).
Biology: The specimens on Phormium occur on the leaves, there being nothing else afforded by this plant, while those on Bursera are on the bark of the trunk (Ferris, 1941d).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1941d).