Valid Names Results
Pseudodiaspis elaphrii Ferris, 1921 (Diaspididae: Pseudodiaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Pseudodiaspis elaphrii Ferris 1921: 99-101. Type data: MEXICO: Baja California Sur, Cabo San Lucas, on Elaphrium microphyllum, by G.F. Ferris. 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
- Burseraceae
- Bursera microphylla | Ferris1921 | (= Elaphrium microphyllum)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Mexico
- Baja California Sur | Ferris1921
Keys
- Ferris1942: pp.SIV-446:62 ( ) [Key to species of Pseudodiaspis]
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale about 2.0 mm wide, circular, flat, gray, exuviae central and entirely covered by secretion; ventral scale lacking. Adult female 1.0 mm long, somewhat elongate. Pygidium rather large, with 2 pairs of rather small lobes. Median lobes slightly separated, acute at the apex, with a deep lateral notch and continuous with a conspicuous, club-shaped paraphysis. Between the median and 2nd lobes is a small pore prominence. 2nd lobes resembling 1st, but slightly smaller (Ferris, 1921).
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1921).
Illustrations
Citations
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 182
- Ferris1921: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 99-101
- Ferris1937: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, SI-112
- Ferris1942: taxonomy, SIV-446:62
- Ferris1954: taxonomy, 42
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 222
