Valid Names Results
Palmaspis palmae (Cockerell, 1893) (Asterolecaniidae: Palmaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Fiorinia sp. Cockerell 1892b: 333. nomen nudum (discovered by Russel1941, 146).
- Asterolecanium palmae Cockerell 1893h: 77. Type data: JAMAICA: Catherine Hall, on coconut.. Syntypes, female, by original designation Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
- Asterolecanium palmae Cockerell 1893j: 255. nomen nudum (discovered by Russel1941, 146).
- Asterolecanium palmae; Fernald 1903b: 52. subsequent use Notes: Incorrect citation of date of description.
- Asterolecanium lineare Lindinger 1909c: 449. Type data: BRAZIL: on Cocos nucifera.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Hamburg: Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Universitat von Hamburg, Germany; junior synonym (discovered by Lindin1936c, 154).
- Palmaspis palmae (Cockerell, 1893); Matile-Ferrero 1996: 263. change of combination
Common Names
- palm pit scale StumpfLa2006
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 4
- Arecaceae
- Bactris | Ferris1955a | (= Guilielma)
- Chamaedorea | StumpfLa2006
- Cocos | Ferris1955a
- Cocos nucifera | Cocker1893h Ferris1955a Lepage1938 Russel1941
- Elaeis guineensis | Ferris1955a Matile1996 | (= Elaeis melanococca)
- Elaeis oleifera | Matile1996 StumpfLa2006 | (= Corozo oleifera)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 9
- Brazil
- Sao Paulo | Lepage1938
- Colombia | Kondo2001
- Dominica | StumpfLa2006
- Guadeloupe | MatileEt2006
- Honduras | Ferris1955a
- Jamaica | Cocker1893h Cocker1896 Ferris1955a Russel1941
- Panama Canal Zone | Ferris1955a
- Peru | Matile1996
- Puerto Rico & Vieques Island | Ferris1955a
Keys
- StumpfLa2006: pp.22-32 ( Adult (F) ) [Asterolacaniidae species of North and South America]
- Matile1996: pp.262 ( Adult (F) ) [Peru]
- Russel1941: pp.26-35 ( Immature (F) ) [Species of Asterolecanium]
Remarks
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Russell (1941) and by Stumpf & Lambdin (2006).
Illustrations
Citations
- Cocker1892b: taxonomy, 333
- Cocker1893h: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 77
- Cocker1893j: taxonomy, 255
- Cocker1896: distribution, host, 9
- Ferris1955a: distribution, host, 25
- Kondo2001: distribution, host, taxonomy, 40
- Lepage1938: catalog, 337
- Lepesm1947: distribution, host, 254
- Lindin1909c: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 449-450
- Matile1996: distribution, host, taxonomy, 254,263
- MatileEt2006: distribution, host, 163
- Russel1941: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 13,146-148,282
- SchmutKlLu1957: distribution, economic importance, host, 451
- StumpfLa2006: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 158-161
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 205
