Valid Names Results

Velataspis dentata (Hoke, 1921) (Diaspididae: Velataspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Scobinaspis dentata Hoke 1921: 340. Type data: UNITED STATES: Mississippi, Vicksburg, on Acer sp., ?/04/1920, by L. Brown. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Mississippi State (Starkeville): Mississippi Entomological Museum, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, USA.; accepted valid name Notes: Additional syntype material as follows: UNITED STATES: Mississippi, Cat Island, on Bumelia lanuginosa, 08/09/1920, by R.P. Barnhart
• Lepidosaphes dentata (Hoke, 1921); Merrill & Chaffin 1923: 242. change of combination
• Velataspis dentata (Hoke, 1921); Ferris 1937: 133. change of combination
• Mytilococcus dentatus (Hoke, 1921); Lindinger 1943b: 222. change of combination
• Velataspis (Velataspis) dentata (Hoke, 1921); Merrill 1953: 55. revived combination (previously published)
• Veletaspis dentata; Waltman, et al. 2016: 231. misspelling of genus name

Common Names

• dentate scale Dekle1965c

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 27 | Genera: 33

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• McDani1973: pp.400 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Texas species of Velataspis]
• Ferris1942: pp.SIV-446:64 ( ) [Key to species of Velataspis]

Remarks

• Systematics: Velataspis dentata may be recognized by the presence of a row of minute, irregular, sclerotized points across the ventral side of the head in front of the antennae. 2nd pygidial lobes are well developed (McDaniel, 1973).
• Structure: Female scale extremely long and slender, 1.0-1.5 mm long; parallel-sided, white with a tinge of yellowish green. Exuviae terminal. Second exuviae equal or slightly less than one half the length of the scale. Male scale shorter and broader than the female and similar in color, exuviae terminal (Merrill, 1953).

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