Valid Names Results
Mycetaspis brasiliensis Hempel, 1932 (Diaspididae: Mycetaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Mycetaspis brasiliensis Hempel 1932: 338. Type data: BRAZIL: Sao Paulo State, Praia Grande, on leaves of a tree of Myrtaceae; collected by Jose Pinto da Fonseca, November 1929.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Curitiba: Departamento de Zoologia, Setor de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal do Parana, Brazil; Sao Paulo: Instituto Biologico de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 2
- Myrtaceae
- Myrtaceae | Hempel1932
- Theaceae
- Camellia | ClapsWoGo2001
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Brazil
- Rio de Janeiro | ClapsWoGo2001
- Sao Paulo | ClapsWoGo2001 Hempel1932
Keys
Remarks
- Systematics: According to Hempel (1932) M. brasiliensis is similar to M. personata but has a larger sclerotized area on the head, 4 pygidial lobes, and 18–20 pairs of paraphyses. (Dones & Evans, 2011)
- Structure: Female scale circular, about 1 mm in diameter; convex; colour bright grey or black; ventral scale well developed (Hempel, 1932).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Hempel (1932).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 660
- Borchs1966: catalog, 357
- Claps1993: taxonomy, 6,10
- ClapsWoGo2001: distribution, host, 248
- DonesEv2011: taxonomy, 6
- Ferris1941d: taxonomy, 369
- Hempel1932: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 338-339
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 219