Valid Names Results
Selenaspidus rubidus McKenzie, 1953 (Diaspididae: Selenaspidus)Nomenclatural History
- Selenaspidus rubidus McKenzie 1953a: 57. Type data: U.S.A.: California, San Diego, San Diego County, on Euphorbia fasciculata.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
- brownish euphorbia scale McKenz1956
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 4 | Genera: 4
- Cactaceae
- Cactus | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a
- Euphorbiaceae
- Euphorbia | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a
- Euphorbia caput-medusae | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a McKenz1956
- Euphorbia fasciculata | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a McKenz1953a McKenz1956
- Euphorbia ferox | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a McKenz1956 | (= Euphorbia captiosa)
- Euphorbia mammillaris | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a McKenz1956
- Euphorbia tuberculata | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a McKenz1956
- Proteaceae
- Protea repens | Muntin1969a
- Saururaceae
- Houttuynia | Suh2016
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 5
- China | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a
- Germany | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a
- Singapore | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a
- South Africa | Muntin1969a
- United States
- California | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a McKenz1953a McKenz1956
Keys
- Gill1997: pp.256 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of California]
- McKenz1956: pp.26 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: California]
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale approximately 1.5 mm in diameter, essentially circular, of a uniform brownish colour, with subcentral exuviae generally darker. Male scale not observed (McKenzie, 1953a).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by McKenzie (1953a), Mamet (1958a) and by Gill (1997).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 780
- Borchs1966: catalog, 256
- DanzigPe1998: catalog, 356
- DowellGiJe2016: distribution, 116
- Gill1997: distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 259-260
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 19
- Mamet1958a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 396-398
- McKenz1953a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 57-58
- McKenz1956: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 85-87
- Muntin1969a: distribution, host, 296
- Nakaha1982: distribution, host, 82
- Schmut1959: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 114,119
- Suh2016: distribution, host, key, 321, 331
- Tao1999: distribution, host, taxonomy, 116-117
