Valid Names Results
Protodiaspis agrifoliae Essig, 1914 (Diaspididae: Protodiaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Protodiaspis agrifoliae Essig 1914a: 76-80. Type data: UNITED STATES: California, Ventura County, Santa Paula Canyon, near Santa Paula, on Quercus agrifolia, 1910, by S.H. Essig. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Eberswalde: Institut fur Pflanzenschutzforschung, Germany; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Essigaspis agrifoliae (Essig, 1914); MacGillivray 1921: 324. change of combination
- Pseudodiaspis agrifoliae (Essig, 1914); Ferris 1921b: 93. change of combination
- Anamefiorinia agrifoliae (Essig, 1914); Lindinger 1935: 132. change of combination
- Protodiaspis agrifoliae Essig, 1914; Ferris 1942: SIV-446:60. revived combination (previously published)
Common Names
- oak protodiaspis scale Borchs1966
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Fagaceae
- Quercus | Borchs1966
- Quercus agrifolia | Essig1914a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- United States
- California | Essig1914a
Keys
- Ferris1942: pp.SIV-446:60 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Protodiaspis]
Remarks
- Systematics: Protodiaspis agrifoliae is close to P. parvula (Ferris, 1920).
- Structure: Adult female scale covers less than 1 mm diameter, circular, white or grey with reddish-brown marginal exuviae. Male scale elongate, white, with a brown terminal exuviae(Gill, 1997).
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Essig (1914a).
Illustrations
Citations
- BeardsGo1975: structure, 66
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 153
- Brown1965: chemistry, 228
- BrownMc1962: taxonomy, 152, 153
- Essig1914a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 76-80
- Ferris1920: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 29, 30
- Ferris1921b: taxonomy, 93
- Ferris1936a: illustration, taxonomy, 21, 50
- Ferris1937: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, SI-99, SI-100, SI-10
- Ferris1942: taxonomy, SIV-446:60
- Gaedik1971: distribution, host, taxonomy, 335
- Gill1997: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 235, 237
- Green1915d: taxonomy, 53
- Lindin1935: taxonomy, 132
- MacGil1921: distribution, host, taxonomy, 306, 324
- McKenz1956: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 35, 153
- McKenzNe1962: taxonomy, 137
- Nakaha1982: distribution, host, 71
- PooleGe1997: distribution, 351
- Stickn1934: taxonomy, 155
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 217
