Valid Names Results
Melanaspis bromiliae (Leonardi, 1899) (Diaspididae: Melanaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Aonidiella bromiliae Leonardi 1899: 177. Type data: ENGLAND: Chester, on pine-apple, apparently imported from the Canary Islands.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Portici: Dipartimento de Entomologia e Zoologia Agraria di Portici, Universita di Napoli Federico II, Italy; accepted valid name
- Aspidiotus bromiliae (Leonardi, 1899); Newstead 1901b: 81. change of combination
- Chrysomphalus bromeliae (Leonardi, 1899); Fernald 1903b: 289. change of combination
- Chrysomphalus bromeliae Fernald, 1903; Fernald 1903b: 289. emendation that is unjustified (discovered by DeitzDa1986, 18).
- Chrysomphalus bromeliae (Leonardi, 1899); Fernald 1903b: 289. misspelling of species epithet
- Pseudischnaspis bromeliae (Leonardi, 1899); Lindinger 1912b: 67. change of combination
- Aonidiella bromiliae; Lindinger 1932f: 191. incorrect synonymy (discovered by DeitzDa1986, 18). Notes: See Systematics; see Deitz & Davidson, 1986: 18.
- Pseudischnaspis anassarum Lindinger 1932: 26. replacement name that is unjustified Replacement name for Aonidiella bromiliae Leonardi, 1899
- Chrysomphalus bromeliae (Leonardi, 1899); Seabra 1942: 2. misspelling of species epithet
- Chrysomphalus bromeliae; Seabra 1942: 2. subsequent use Notes: Incorrect citation of "Newstead" as author.
- Chrysomphalus (Melanaspis) bromeliae Seabra, 1942; Merrill 1953: 36. change of combination
- Chrysomphalus (Melanaspis) bromeliae Seabra, 1942; Merrill 1953: 36. misspelling of species epithet
- Melanaspis bromeliae (Seabra, 1942); Dekle 1965c: 87. misspelling of species epithet
- Melanaspis bromeliae (Seabra, 1942); Dekle 1976: 108. misspelling of species epithet
- Melanaspis bromiliae (Leonardi, 1899); Deitz & Davidson 1986: 18. change of combination
- Melanaspis bromeliae (Seabra, 1942); Gill 1997: 194. misspelling of species epithet
- Melanaspis bromeliae (Seabra, 1942); Campbell, et al. 2014: 532. misspelling of species epithet
- Melanaspis bromeliae (Seabra, 1942); Waltman, et al. 2016. misspelling of species epithet
Common Names
- ananas scale Dekle1965c
- escama oscura de la piña GunawaWaKo2022
- painappuru-kuro-maru-kaigaramushi GunawaWaKo2022
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 3 | Genera: 5
- Arecaceae
- Cocos nucifera | DeitzDa1986
- Bromeliaceae
- Ananas | DeitzDa1986 Dekle1965c
- Ananas bracteatus | DeitzDa1986
- Ananas comosus | DeitzDa1986
- Bromelia | Lindin1912b
- Neoglaziovia variegata | DeitzDa1986
- Pandanaceae
- Pandanus | DeitzDa1986
Foes:
Families: 2 | Genera: 4
- Aphelinidae
- Aphytis chrysomphali | GunawaWaKo2022
- Aphytis diaspidis | GunawaWaKo2022
- Encarsia citrina | GunawaWaKo2022
- Coccinellidae
- Rhyzobius lophanthae | GunawaWaKo2022
- Telsimia nitida | GunawaWaKo2022
Associates:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Rhizobiaceae
- Candidatus Walczuchella monophlebidarum | GruwelVoPa2005
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 53
- Afghanistan | GunawaWaKo2022
- Azerbaijan | GunawaWaKo2022
- Azores | FrancoRuMa2011 Lindin1912b
- Bahamas | DeitzDa1986
- Bangladesh | GunawaWaKo2022
- Bermuda | DeitzDa1986
- Brazil | DeitzDa1986
- Cameroon | Nakaha1982
- Canary Islands | DeitzDa1986
- China
- Anhui (=Anhwei) | GunawaWaKo2022
- Fujian (=Fukien) | GunawaWaKo2022
- Guangdong (=Kwangtung) | GunawaWaKo2022
- Guangxi (=Kwangsi) | GunawaWaKo2022
- Hebei (=Hopei) | GunawaWaKo2022
- Hebei (=Hopei) | GunawaWaKo2022
- Henan (=Honan) | GunawaWaKo2022
- Henan (=Honan) | GunawaWaKo2022
- Hubei (=Hupei) | GunawaWaKo2022
- Hunan | GunawaWaKo2022
- Jiangsu (=Kiangsu) | GunawaWaKo2022
- Jiangxi (=Kiangsi) | GunawaWaKo2022
- Liaoning | GunawaWaKo2022
- Shandong (=Shantung) | GunawaWaKo2022
- Shanxi (=Shansi) | GunawaWaKo2022
- Sichuan (=Szechwan) | GunawaWaKo2022
- Yunnan | GunawaWaKo2022
- Zhejiang (=Chekiang) | GunawaWaKo2022
- Colombia | DeitzDa1986
- Costa Rica | Nakaha1982
- Cote d'Ivoire (=Ivory Coast) | Nakaha1982
- Croatia | GunawaWaKo2022
- Cuba | DeitzDa1986
- Dominican Republic | DeitzDa1986
- Ecuador | DeitzDa1986
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Caroline Islands | GunawaWaKo2022
- Pohnpei Island | Beards1966
- Georgia (Republic of) | GunawaWaKo2022
- Greece | GunawaWaKo2022
- Guam | Beards1966
- Guatemala | DeitzDa1986
- Guinea | Nakaha1982
- Haiti | DeitzDa1986 PerezG2008
- Hawaiian Islands
- Hawaii | DeitzDa1986
- Honduras | DeitzDa1986
- India | DeitzDa1986
- Haryana | GunawaWaKo2022
- Karnataka | GunawaWaKo2022
- Madhya Pradesh | GunawaWaKo2022
- NCT Delhi | GunawaWaKo2022
- Rajasthan | BenDovGe2003
- Uttar Pradesh | GunawaWaKo2022
- West Bengal | GunawaWaKo2022
- Iran | GunawaWaKo2022
- Italy | DeitzDa1986
- Jamaica | DeitzDa1986
- Japan | DeitzDa1986 Kawai1980 Tanaka2014
- Hokkaido | GunawaWaKo2022
- Honshu | GunawaWaKo2022
- Kyushu | GunawaWaKo2022
- Okinawa | GunawaWaKo2022
- Shikoku | GunawaWaKo2022
- Malaysia
- Malaya | DeitzDa1986
- Martinique | Nakaha1982
- Mexico | SchneiOkNo2018
- Oaxaca | DeitzDa1986
- Sonora | DeitzDa1986
- Veracruz | DeitzDa1986
- Nepal | GunawaWaKo2022
- Netherlands | DeitzDa1986
- North Korea | GunawaWaKo2022
- Northern Mariana Islands | GunawaWaKo2022
- Pakistan | GunawaWaKo2022
- Panama Canal Zone | DeitzDa1986
- Philippines | DeitzDa1986
- Portugal | DeitzDa1986 Seabra1942
- Puerto Rico & Vieques Island
- Puerto Rico | DeitzDa1986
- Russia | GunawaWaKo2022
- Krasnodar Kray | GunawaWaKo2022
- Seychelles | DeitzDa1986
- Singapore | DeitzDa1986
- South Africa | Nakaha1982
- South Korea | GunawaWaKo2022
- Taiwan | GunawaWaKo2022
- Thailand | Suh2016
- Togo | Nakaha1982
- Ukraine
- Krym (=Crimea) Oblast | GunawaWaKo2022
- United States
- Alabama | WaltmaRaWi2016
- District of Columbia | DeitzDa1986
- Florida | DeitzDa1986 Dekle1965c Merril1953
Keys
Remarks
- Systematics: Borchsenius (1966) synonymized Melanaspis bromiliae (Leonardi) with Melanaspis smilacis (Comstock), while Deitz & Davidson (1986) regarded it a distinct species. (GenBank Accession No.: HM474234) (Ramasubramian, et al., 2016). Melanaspis bromiliae can be separated from other Melanaspis species by its preference for pineapple as a host. It resembles M. tenebricosa in lacking perivulvar pores (which are present in M. obscura) but does not have a paraphysis arising from the interlobular space between the median and 2nd lobes (with 1 paraphysis in this location in M. tenebricosa) (Gunawardana et al. 2022).
- Structure: Scale cover of adult female circular, flat, 1.5–2.5 mm in diameter, brown with black exuviae central or subcentral; ventral scale cover brown (Gunawardana et al. 2022).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Deitz & Davidson (1986), Gill (1997) and by Colon-Ferrer & Medina-Gaud (1998). Colour photograph by Gill (1997) and Gunawardana et al (2022).
Illustrations
Citations
- AhmedMi2017: distribution, 1
- AndersWuGr2010: molecular data, 992-1003
- Beards1966: distribution, host, 522-523
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 603-605
- BenDovSoBo2012: distribution, 67
- Borchs1966: catalog, 352
- CampbeLaHu2014: phylogeny, 532
- ColonFMe1998: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 65-67
- DanzigPe1998: catalog, 303-304
- DeitzDa1986: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 18-19
- Dekle1965c: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 87
- Dekle1976: description, distribution, economic importance, host, taxonomy, 108
- Fernal1903b: 289
- FrancoRuMa2011: distribution, 14,24
- Gill1997: description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, taxonomy, 194-196
- GruwelMoNo2007: endosymbionts, taxonomy, 267-280
- GruwelVoPa2005: endosymbionts, taxonomy, 79-114
- JansenAl2023: dispersal, host, 27,34
- Kawai1980: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 207
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 18
- Leonar1899: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 177
- Lindin1912b: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 67
- Lindin1932f: distribution, host, taxonomy, 191
- LongoMaPe1995: distribution, 127
- MazzeoPeMa2023: phylogeny, 7
- Mead1983: distribution, host, 1-5
- Merril1953: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 36
- MorseNo2006: molecular biology, phylogeny, 338-349
- Nakaha1982: distribution, host, 53-54
- Newste1901b: taxonomy, 81,86
- NormarOkMo2019: distribution, host, phylogeny, 25, S2
- PerezG2008: distribution, 214
- RamasuRaNi2016: genebank, 443
- RugmanAnMo2010: molecular data, phylogenetics, taxonomy, 30-38
- SchneiFiNo2019: key, taxonomy, 93
- SchneiOkNo2018: phylogeny,
- Seabra1942: distribution, taxonomy, 2
- Suh2016: distribution, host, key, 321, 328
- Tanaka2014: distribution, 88-89
- WaltmaRaWi2016: distribution, 231
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 219
