Valid Names Results

Situlaspis atriplicis (Ferris, 1919) (Diaspididae: Situlaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Pseudodiaspis atriplicis Ferris 1919a: 53-54. Type data: UNITED STATES: Arizona, Tempe, on Atriplex sp.; UNITED STATES: California, Barstow and Lone Pine, on Atriplex sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Situlaspis atriplicis (Ferris, 1919); Ferris 1937: SI-121. change of combination

Common Names

• atriplex scale McKenz1956

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Gill1997: pp.261 ( ) [Key to California species of Situlaspis]
• McKenz1956: pp.35 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Situlaspis]
• Ferris1942: pp.SIV-446: 63 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Situlaspis]
• MacGil1921: pp.364 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Pseudodiaspis] Key as: Pseudodiaspis atriplicis

Remarks

• Systematics: Situlaspis atriplicis most closely resembles P. yuccae from which it is distinguishable most easily by its form and the position and minuteness of the anal opening (Ferris, 1937).
• Structure: Female scale just barely 1.0 mm in diameter, white, circular, convex, exuviae central. Male scale similar, exuviae terminal. Slide-mounted adult female 0.75 mm long, almost circular, entire thoracic region and 1st abdominal segment tending at full maturity to be more or less sclerotized. Dorsal ducts very few, mostly in submarginal groups. Median lobes prominent, close together (Ferris, 1937).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1937).

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