Valid Names Results
Pelliculaspis pellita Ferris, 1941 (Diaspididae: Pelliculaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Pelliculaspis pellita Ferris 1941d: SIII-311. Type data: PANAMA: Chiriqui, Boquete, on undetermined tree, 1938, by G.F. Ferris. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Anamefiorinia pellita (Ferris, 1941); Lindinger 1957: 551. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Panama | Ferris1941d
Keys
- Ferris1942: pp.SIV-446:59 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Pelliculaspis]
Remarks
- Structure: Male scale elongate, white, with black exuviae at anterior end. Adult female on slide about 0.75 mm long, somewhat elongate oval, pygidium membranous except for a heavily sclerotized ring around the anus and a more weakly sclerotized, marmorate area occupying the anterior portion of the pygidium. Pygidium acute, terminating in 2 bilobulate, tooth-like, heavily sclerotized lobes (Ferris, 1941d).
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1941d).
Illustrations
Citations
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 185
- BrownMc1962: taxonomy, 165
- Ferris1941d: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, SIII-311
- Ferris1942: taxonomy, SIV-446:59
- Lindin1957: taxonomy, 551
- McDani1972a: taxonomy, 334
