Valid Names Results

Nigridiaspis armigera Ferris, 1941 (Diaspididae: Nigridiaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Nigridiaspis armigera Ferris 1941d: 375. Type data: PANAMA: Chiriqui Province, at Armuelles, on Enterolobium cyclocarpum.. 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: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WeiScNo2021: pp.17-23 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidiotini from Panama]
• Ferris1942: pp.38 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

• Structure: Scale of the female black, quite convex, circular, hard and thick, the ventral scale also thick and hard especially around the margin; exuviae subcentral (Ferris, 1941d)
• Biology: Occurring on the bark, usually exposed (Ferris, 1941d).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1941d).

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