Valid Names Results

Nicholiella bumeliae Ferris, 1941 (Diaspididae: Nicholiella)

Nomenclatural History

• Nicholiella bumeliae Ferris 1941d: SIII-299. Type data: UNITED STATES: Arizona, Gleeson, on Bumelia rigida, 13/07/1940, by L.P. Wehrle & G.F. Ferris. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Ferris1943: pp.76 ( ) [Key to species of Nicholiella]

Remarks

• Structure: Adult female roughly circular, membranous except for the weakly sclerotized pygidium and a quite conspicuous ventral sclerotized area which lies just behind and partially around the mouthparts. Pygidium somewhat variable in form, but is in general with median lobes set close together, quite large, prominent and more or less toothed (Ferris, 1941d).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1941d).

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