Valid Names Results

Targionia bigeloviae (Cockerell, 1897) (Diaspididae: Targionia)

Nomenclatural History

• Aspidiotus (Hemiberlesia ?) bigeloviae Cockerell 1897i: 20. Type data: U.S.A.: California, Los Angeles, on Bigelovia brachylepis; collected by D.W. Coquillett.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Aspidiotus bigeloviae Cockerell, 1897; Cockerell & Parrott 1899: 278. change of combination
• Aspidiotus (Targionia) bigeloviae Cockerell, 1897; Cockerell 1899a: 395. change of combination
• Targionia bigeloviae (Cockerell, 1897); Leonardi 1900: 343. change of combination
• Leonardiana bigeloviae (Cockerell, 1897); MacGillivray 1921: 450. change of combination
• Targaspidiotus bigeloviae (Cockerell, 1897); Borchsenius 1952: 263. change of combination
• Targionia bigeloviae (Cockerell, 1897); Ben-Dov & German 2003: 799. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

• bigelovia scale McKenz1956

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• McKenz1956: pp.26 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: California]
• Ferris1943a: pp.94 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
• Ferris1942: pp.40 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

• Structure: Cockerell (1897i) described the scale cover: "Size and shape of Aspidiotus rapax, but dull grayish-brown; exuviae placed to one side as in rapax; when rubbed shining black, but more or less covered by a film of white secretion; removed from twig the scales leave a white patch". Ferris (1938a) described the scale cover: "Scale of the female circular, rather flat, exuviae subcentral, the scale bright reddish brown except for the area over the exuviae which is white. Scale of the male of similar color or slightly paler, elongate, exuviae near one end".
• Biology: Occurring on the stems and crowns (Ferris, 1938a). This species was reported to have uniparental as well as biparental populations (Brown, 1965).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1938a, 1943a), McKenzie (1956) and by Gill (1997).

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