Valid Names Results
Furcaspis oceanica Lindinger, 1909 (Diaspididae: Furcaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Furcaspis oceanica Lindinger 1909b: 149. Type data: MARSHALL ISLANDS: on Cocos nucifera.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Hamburg: Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Universitat von Hamburg, Germany; accepted valid name
- Spinaspidiotus oceanicus (Lindinger, 1909); MacGillivray 1921: 430. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender
- Chrysomphalus saipanensis Sasaki 1935: 866. Type data: MICRONESIA: Truk Island, intercepted at Japan, Port Kobe, on a palm.. Syntypes, female, junior synonym (discovered by Borchs1966, 241). Notes: Depository unknown.
- Furcaspis saipanensis (Sasaki, 1935); McKenzie 1939: 54. change of combination
- Furcaspis oceanica Lindinger, 1909; Borchsenius 1966: 241. revived combination (previously published)
Common Names
- oceanic scale VelasqRi1969
- red coconut scale LaliMu1996
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 4 | Genera: 8
- Arecaceae
- Arecaceae | Sasaki1935
- Clinostigma | Beards1966 WilliaMiRu2006 | (= Exorrhiza)
- Clinostigma ponapense | Beards1966 Takaha1939b Takaha1942d WilliaMiRu2006 | (= Bentinckiopsis ponapensis) (= Exorrhiza ponapensis)
- Cocos nucifera | Beards1966 Lindin1909b Muniap2002 Takaha1939b Takaha1941b WilliaMiRu2006
- Nypa fruticans | Beards1966 Takaha1939b WilliaMiRu2006
- Ponapea ledermanniana | Beards1966 WilliaMiRu2006
- Boraginaceae
- Tournefortia | WilliaMiRu2006 | (= Messerschmidia)
- Musaceae
- Musa | WilliaMiRu2006
- Pandanaceae
- Pandanus | Beards1966 Takaha1942d WilliaMiRu2006
- Pandanus tectorius | WilliaMiRu2006
Foes:
Families: 2 | Genera: 2
- Aphelinidae
- Ablerus palauensis | AAEE1925
- Encyrtidae
- Adelencyrtus oceanicus | Doutt1950 LaliMu1996 MarutaMu1989
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 6
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Caroline Islands | Beards1966 Muniap2002 Takaha1939b Takaha1941b Takaha1942d WilliaMiRu2006
- Kosrae (=Kusaie) | Beards1966
- Truk Islands | Beards1966 Sasaki1935 Takaha1936c
- Guam | MarutaMu1990 WilliaMiRu2006
- Johnston Island | WilliaMiRu2006
- Marshall Islands | Beards1966 Lindin1909b Nafus1996 Takaha1939b WilliaMiRu2006
- Palau | Takaha1939b Takaha1942d WilliaMiRu2006
- Philippines | VelasqRi1969
Keys
- WilliaMiRu2006: pp.74-76 ( Adult (F) ) [world]
Remarks
- Structure: Lindinger (1909b) noted that the female scale is similar to that of Furcaspis biformis (Cockerell).
- Economic Importance: A pest of palms in several Pacific islands (Schmutterer et al., 1957; Sweetman, 1958; Lali & Muniappan, 1996).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Lindinger (1909b), Sasaki (1935), Takahashi (1939b) and by Williams et al. (2006).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 502-503
- Borchs1966: catalog, 241
- Doutt1950: biological control, distribution, host, 501-507
- Esaki1940a: distribution, host, 274-280
- Ferris1921b: taxonomy, 94
- Ferris1941e: taxonomy, 46
- Gardne1958: biological control, distribution, economic importance, host, 465-471
- Gavril2018: reproduction, 239
- Gressi1958: distribution, economic importance, host, 395-398
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 16
- LaliMu1996: biological control, distribution, economic importance, host, 15-20
- Lepesm1947: distribution, host, 196
- Lindin1909b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 149
- MacGil1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 430
- MarutaMu1989: biological control, distribution, host, 61-66
- MarutaMu1990: biological control, distribution, host, 1
- McKenz1939: taxonomy, 54
- MillerDa1990: distribution, economic importance, host, 302
- Muniap2002: distribution, host, 105-110
- MuniapBaCr2003: biological control, distribution, economic importance, host, 52-54
- MuniapMa1989: biological control, distribution, economic importance, host, 17-18
- Nafus1996: distribution, host, 1
- Noyes1990a: biological control, 153
- Piment1963: biological control, 786-787
- RaoGhSa1971: biological control, distribution, host,
- Sander1909a: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 54
- Sasaki1935: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 866
- SchmutKlLu1957: distribution, economic importance, host, 495
- Sweetm1958: biological control, economic importance, 449-458
- Takaha1936c: distribution, host, 109
- Takaha1939b: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 270-271
- Takaha1941b: distribution, host, 220
- Takaha1942d: distribution, host, 358
- VelasqRi1969: distribution, host, 195-208
- WeidneWa1968: taxonomy, 176
- WilliaMiRu2006: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 47-50
- WilliaWa1988: taxonomy, 124
