Valid Names Results
Mycetaspis defectopalus Ferris, 1941 (Diaspididae: Mycetaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Mycetaspis defectopalus Ferris 1941d: 371. Type data: U.S.A.: Texas, at Brownsville, on Porliera angustifolia.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
- defecto scale Dekle1965c
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 6 | Genera: 7
- Elaeocarpaceae
- Sloanea meianthera | PetersHaMo2020s1
- Meliaceae
- Swietenia mahagoni | Dekle1965c
- Moraceae
- Maclura tinctoria | Ferris1941d | (= Chlorophora tinctoria)
- Perebea xanthochyma | PetersHaMo2020s1
- Rutaceae
- Zanthoxylum fagara | Ferris1941d | (= Fagara fagara)
- Sapotaceae
- Sideroxylon | Dekle1965c
- Sideroxylon tenax | Dekle1965c | (= Bumelia tenax)
- Zygophyllaceae
- Porlieria angustifolia | Ferris1941d
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 7
- Belize | Nakaha1982
- Ecuador | Nakaha1982
- Mexico | Nakaha1982
- Nicaragua | Nakaha1982
- Panama | Ferris1941d
- Peru | Nakaha1982
- United States
- Florida | Dekle1965c Merril1953
- Texas | Ferris1941d
Keys
- WeiScNo2021: pp.17-23 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidiotini from Panama]
- DonesEv2011: pp.5-6 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult females of the genus Mycetaspis]
- Ferris1942: pp.38 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Remarks
- Structure: Scale of the female almost hemispherical, dark brown; that of the male flat, oval, dark brown (Ferris, 1941d).
- Biology: Occurring on the twigs and trunk (Ferris, 1941d).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1941d).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 661
- Borchs1966: catalog, 357
- Dekle1965c: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 94
- Dekle1976: description, distribution, economic importance, host, taxonomy, 115
- DonesEv2011: taxonomy, 5-6
- Ferris1941d: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 371
- Ferris1942: taxonomy, 446:38
- Merril1953: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 62-63
- Nakaha1982: distribution, host, 58
- PetersHaMo2020s1: DNA, distribution, host,
- PetersHaMo2020s1: DNA, distribution, host,
- SchneiFiNo2019: key, taxonomy, 93
- WeiScNo2021: key, 22
