Ferrisia malvastra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coccoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Sternorrhyncha Superfamilia: Coccoidea

Familia: Pseudococcidae
Subfamilia: Pseudococcinae
Genus: Ferrisia
Species: Ferrisia malvastra

Name

Ferrisia malvastra (McDaniel, 1962: 323)

Holotype: BME, adult ♀, “Holotype ♀ / UC Davis Type# 1502 / Heliococcus / malvastrus / B. McDaniel / Brownsville Texas / June 16, 1961 / Ex. Malvastrum / sp. / M.F. Schuster coll. / B. McDaniel Det.” and “U.C. Davis / TYPE / 1502”.

Type locality: Brownsville Texas, U.S.A.

Mentions

Heliococcus malvastrus McDaniel, 1962: 323.
Heliococcus malvastrus; McKenzie, 1967: 181. Incorrect synonymy with D. virgatus.
Ferrisia consobrina Williams & Watson, 1988: 77. Synonymy by Williams, 1996: 5.
Ferrisia malvastra; Williams, 1996: 5. Revived status and change of combination; Kaydan & Gullan, 2012: 32, fig 12.

References

McDaniel, B., 1962: A new species of scale insect from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas (Pseudococcidae, Coccoidea). Texas Journal of Science, 14: 323–327.

Kaydan, M.B.; Gullan, P.J. 2012: A taxonomic revision of the mealybug genus Ferrisia Fullaway (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), with descriptions of eight new species and a new genus. Zootaxa 3543: 1–65. Preview PDF Reference page.