Valid Names Results
Duplaspidiotus merrilli (Cockerell, 1920) (Diaspididae: Duplaspidiotus)Nomenclatural History
- Targionia merrilli Cockerell 1920: 385. Type data: PHILIPPINES: Manila, on leaves of Rhizophora mucronata; collected by E.D. Merrill, September 1918.. 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.
- Pseudischnaspis merrilli (Cockerell, 1920); Lindinger 1937: 194. change of combination
- Duplaspidiotus merrilli (Cockerell, 1920); Borchsenius 1966: 234. change of combination
Common Names
- mangrove scale VelasqRi1969
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Rhizophoraceae
- Rhizophora mucronata | Cocker1920
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Philippines | Cocker1920 VelasqRi1969
Keys
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale 3 to 3.5 mm in diameter, flattened, somewhat convex, circular, pale gray; first exuvia near margin, appearing as a small black nipple-like prominence (Cockerell, 1920).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration by Cockerell (1920).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 462-463
- Borchs1966: catalog, 234
- Cocker1920: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 385-386
- Ferris1943a: taxonomy, 86
- Lindin1937: taxonomy, 194
- VelasqRi1969: distribution, host, 195-209
