Vinculaspis montei (lat.) Is a species of half-winged insects - coccid of the genus Vinculaspis from the family Scarabidae ( Diaspididae ) [1] .
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Distribution
South America : Brazil (Minas Gerais) [1] .
Description
Small scale insects , the body shape of females is sub-square, angular, convex (length about 2 mm), the main color is black (the males have a white shield). Pygidium triangular. They feed on the juices of Rhine-flowering plants, for example, such as Loranthus (family Rhine-flowering , Loranthaceae ). The species was first described in 1942 by the entomologist H. S. Lepage ( Lepage, HS ) under the original name Trigonaspis montei Lepage, 1942 [1] . The taxon Vinculaspis montei is included in the genus Vinculaspis Ferris 1942 together with the taxa V. atibaiensis , V. inclusa , V. laniata , V. lepagei , V. mamillata , V. mendicula , V. cheloniformis , V. virgata [1] [2] [3] .
See also
- Parlatoria ephedrae
- Amonostherium arabicum
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Ben-Dov, Y. Vinculaspis montei (inaccessible link) . Scale insect web catalog . scalenet.info (26th of June, 2014). - Taxonomy. Date of treatment July 15, 2014. Archived July 19, 2014.
- ↑ Lepage, HS 1942. [Description of eleven new species of coccids from Brazil (Homoptera: Coccoidea).] Descriçao de onze espécies novas de coccídeos do Brasil (Homoptera-Coccoidea). Archivos do Instituto Biologico. São Paulo 13: 173-189.
- ↑ Claps, Lucia E .; Wolff, Vera RS; González, Roberto H. Catalog of native species of Diaspididae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in Argentina, Brazil and Chile (Spanish) = Catálogo de las especies de Diaspididae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) nativas de Argentina, Brasil y Chile //: Insecta Mundi Magazine. - Gainesville, Florida: Center for Systematic Entomology, 2001. - Vol. 13 (3/4). - P. 239-256.
Literature
- Borchsenius N.S. Worms and Scutellaria (Coccoidea). - Moscow - Leningrad: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1950. - 1-250 p. - (Keys to the fauna of the USSR, published by the Zoological Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences . No. 32). - 2000 copies.
- Ben-Dov, Yair; German, V. A Systematic Catalog of the Diaspididae (Armored Scale Insects) of the World, Subfamilies Aspidiotinae, Comstockiellinae and Odonaspidinae. - Andover, Hants, UK: Intercept, 2003 .-- P. 1-1112.
- Vernalha, MM 1953. [Note on the genus Vinculalspis Ferris.] Nota sobre o genero Vinculaspis Ferris. Arquivos de Bioloia e Tecnologia. Curitiba 8: 109-110.
Links
- Ben-Dov, Y. Vinculaspis montei (inaccessible link) . Scale insect web catalog . scalenet.info (26th of June, 2014). - Taxonomy. Date of treatment July 15, 2014. Archived July 19, 2014.
- Vinculaspis (English) . eol.org. - Taxonomy. Date of treatment July 15, 2014.