Valid Names Results

Mycetaspis ailynaomi Dones & Evans, 2011 (Diaspididae: Mycetaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Mycetaspis ailynaomi Dones & Evans 2011: 3-5. Type data: PUERTO RICO: on Mammea americana fruit, 6/27/2006, by M. Resto. Holotype, female, by original designation 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

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• DonesEv2011: pp.5 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult females of the genus Mycetaspis]

Remarks

• Systematics: Mycetaspis ailynaomi is most similar to Mycetaspis defectopalus Ferris in the shape of the pygidial lobes and the relative lengths and shapes of the paraphyses, but differs from the latter and other species in the genus in having 10-14 sclerotized lobular processes along the anterior margin of the cephalothorax; whereas the anterior margin of the cephalothorax is sclerotized, but smooth and rounded in the other species. (Dones & Evans, 2011)
• Structure: M. ailynaomi is not pupillarial.
• Biology: This species in only known to occur on Mammea americana fruit in Puerto Rico.
• General Remarks: Detailed description, photographs of mounted holotype female and illustration in Dones & Evans, 2011.

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