Valid Names Results
Spiroporococcus yuccae (Ferris, 1919) (Eriococcidae: Spiroporococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Fonscolombia yuccae Ferris 1919a: 18. Type data: UNITED STATES: New Mexico, Socorro Co., Blue Canyon, Socorro, on Yucca sp., 01/07/1918, by G.F. Ferris. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (MillerMc1967,533-535). Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Pseudochermes yuccae (Ferris, 1919); Lindinger 1933: 32. change of combination
- Gymnococcus yuccae (Ferris, 1919); Ferris 1955a: 190. change of combination Illustr.
- Ovaticoccus yuccae (Ferris, 1919); Boratynski 1958: 174. change of combination
- Spiroporococcus yuccae (Ferris, 1919); Miller & McKenzie 1967: 533-535. change of combination Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 3
- Asparagaceae
- Agave univittata | Ferris1919a | (= Agave lophantha var. poselgeri), (= Agave lecheguilla}
- Yucca | Ferris1919a
- Poaceae
- Poaceae | Ferris1919a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- United States
- Arizona | Ferris1919a
- New Mexico | Ferris1919a
- Texas | Ferris1919a
Keys
- MillerSt2022: pp.185 ( Adult (F) ) [Spiroporococcus species]
- MillerMc1967: pp.529 ( Adult (F) ) [North American species of Spiroporococcus]
- Ferris1955a: pp.179 ( Adult (F) ) [North American species of Gymnococcus] Key as: Gymnococcus yuccae
Remarks
- Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae absent; hair-like setae scattered over dorsal surface; anal ring with few pores, heavily sclerotized; dorsal multilocular pores restricted to segment 8; ventral multilocular pores predominantly with 5 loculi; cruciform pores present on venter of anterior abdomen, thorax, and head; antennae 7-segmented; several multilocular pores in atrium of spiracles; microtubular ducts medium in length, with 2 sclerotized areas (Miller & McKenzie, 1967).
- Structure: Adult female more or less covered with a white, woolly secretion. When denuded of this secretion insect body is bright red (Ferris, 1919a).
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration given by Miller & McKenzie (1967).
Illustrations
Citations
- Boraty1958: distribution, taxonomy, 174
- Ferris1919a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 18
- Ferris1921: taxonomy, 79
- Ferris1955a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 190
- Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 184-185
- Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 107
- KozarKo2008a: taxonomy, 148
- Lindin1933: taxonomy, 32
- MacGil1921: distribution, host, 141
- McKenz1964a: taxonomy, 25
- MillerGi2000: catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 463-464
- MillerMc1967: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 533-535
- MillerSt2022: description, illustration, key, nymph, taxonomy, 185, 188-189
- PooleGe1997: distribution, 355