Genus Conchaspis Cockerell, 1893

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• Conchaspis Cockerell, T.D.A. 1893. Coccidae, or scale insects. – II. Bulletin of the Botanical Department, Jamaica 40: 7-9 [9].

  Type species:

   Conchaspis angraeci Cockerell, 1893 by monotypy.

 

ID Keys

(Williams, D.J., 1992) [1326] (female; in key to genera of the world); (Ben-Dov, Y., 1974) [369-372] (female; world); (Mamet, J.R., 1954) [238-239] (female; world); (MacGillivray, A.D., 1921) [215-216] (female; world)

 

GENERAL

Ben-Dov, Y. 1981. Addendum to: A catalogue of the Conchaspididae (Insecta, Homoptera, Coccoidea) of the world. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 17: 271 gave a checklist of the host plants of species of the family in the world.

STRUCTURE

The adult female, as well as the nymphs of both sexes, of the species in this genus are covered by a scale formed by secretion of the underlying insect. In the general appearance the scale resembles that of species in the armoured scales family, Diaspididae. However, no exuviae are incorporated in a Conchaspididae scale, thus clearly distinguishing it from the Diaspididae.

 

General References

Afifi, S. 1969. Systematic status of the Family Conchaspididae based on the males of Conchaspis lata Hempel (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Research Division Bulletin Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 36: 25-37 [27] (taxonomy, male)

Ali, S.M. 1970. A catalogue of the Oriental Coccoidea. (Part III.) (Insecta: Homoptera: Coccoidea). Indian Museum Bulletin 5: 9-94 [61] (catalogue)

Balachowsky, A.S. 1942. Essai sur la classification des cochenilles (Homoptera – Coccoidea). Annales de l'École Nationale d'Agriculture de Grignon 3: 34-48 [45] (taxonomy)

Balachowsky, A.S. 1948. Les cochenilles de France, d'Europe, du nord de l'Afrique et du bassin Méditerranéen. IV. Monographie des Coccoidea, classification – Diaspidinae (première partie). Actualités Scientifiques et Industrielles 1054: 243-394 [257] (taxonomy)

Ben-Dov, Y. 1974. On the species of Conchaspididae (Homoptera: Coccoidea) from Africa and Madagascar with description of a new species. Revue de Zoologie Africaine 88: 363-373 [363-373] (records, hosts)

Ben-Dov, Y. 1981. A catalogue of the Conchaspididae (Insecta, Homoptera, Coccoidea) of the world. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 17: 143-156 [143-150] (catalogue)

Ben-Dov, Y. 1985. Coccoidea. pp. 168-175 in Scholtz, C.H. & Holm, E. (eds). Insects of Southern Africa. Durban : Butterworths 502 pp. (taxonomy)

Bodenheimer, F.S. 1943. A first survey of the Coccoidea of Iraq. Government of Iraq, Ministry of Economics, Directorate General of Agriculture, Bulletin 28: 1-33 [25] (taxonomy)

Bodenheimer, F.S. 1944. A conchaspid from Kurdistan and its importance in the phylogeny of the Diaspididae (Hemiptera). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London 13: 4-5 [4] (taxonomy)

Boratynski, K.L. & Davies, R.G. 1971. The taxonomic value of male Coccoidea (Homoptera) with an evaluation of some numerical techniques. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 3: 57-102 [60] (taxonomy)

Brain, C.K. 1918. The Coccidae of South Africa – II. Bulletin of Entomological Research 9: 107-139 [113] (taxonomy)

Brues, C.T., Melander, A.L. & Carpenter, F.M. 1954. Classification of insects. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 108: 1-917 (taxonomy)

Bruner, S.C., Scaramuzza, L.C. & Otero, A.R. 1945. Catálogo de los insectos que atacan a las plantas económicas de Cuba. Boletín Estación Experimental Agronómica, Santiago de Las Vegas, Cuba 63: 1-246 [225] (misspelling of genus name as Conchasuis)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1895. Coccidae or scale insects. – VII. Bulletin of the Botanical Department, Jamaica 2 2: 100-102 [101] (taxonomy)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1896. A check list of the Coccidae. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History 4: 318-339 [323] (catalogue)

D'Ascoli, A. & Kosztarab, M. 1969. Morphological studies on the three nymphal instars of Conchaspis lata Hempel (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Conchaspididae). Research Division Bulletin Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 36: 39-51 [39] (taxonomy)

Fernald, M.E. 1903. A catalogue of the Coccidae of the world. Bulletin of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College 88: 1-360 [38] (catalogue)

Ferris, G.F. 1937. Atlas of the scale insects of North America. Series 1. Palo Alto, California : Stanford University Press Vol. 1 136 pp. [6] (taxonomy)

Ferris, G.F. 1938. Contributions to the knowledge of the Coccoidea (Homoptera). VII. (Contribution no 9). Microentomology 3: 37-56 [46] (nomenclature)

Ferris, G.F. 1955. Atlas of the Scale Insects of North America. v. 7. The Families Aclerdidae, Asterolecaniidae, Conchaspididae Dactylopiidae and Lacciferidae. (Part 3). Palo Alto, California : Stanford University Press Vol. 7(3) 233 pp. [66] (taxonomy)

Gowdey, C.C. 1926. Catalogus insectorum jamaicensis. Entomological Bulletin, Jamaican Department of Science and Agriculture 4: 42-50 [43] (catalogue)

Green, E.E. 1896. The Coccidae of Ceylon. London : Dulau & Co. Vol. 1 103 pp. [20] (taxonomy)

Hempel, A. 1904. Resultado do exame de diversas collectoes de coccidas enviadas ao Instituto Agronomico pelo Sr. Carlos Moreira, do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. Boletim da Agricultura (São Paulo) 1: 311-323 (taxonomy)

Hempel, A. 1912. Catalogos da fauna Brasileira editados pello Museu Paulista S. Paulo – Brasil. Sao Paulo : Diario Official 77 pp. (catalogue)

Kozár, F. & Drozdják, J. 1998. Conchaspididae. In, Kozár, F. (ed.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coccoidea. Budapest, Hungary : Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences 526 pp. [165] (catalogue)

Laing, F. 1925. Descriptions of some new genera and species of Coccidae. Bulletin of Entomological Research 16: 51-66 [62] (taxonomy)

Lepage, H.S. 1938. Catálogo dos coccídeos do Brasil. Revista do Museu Paulista 23: 327-491 [375] (catalogue)

Lindinger, L. 1937. Verzeichnis der Schildläus-Gattungen. (Homoptera - Coccoidea Handlirsch, 1903). Entomologisches Jahrbuch 46: 178-198 [182] (catalogue)

MacGillivray, A.D. 1921. The Coccidae. Tables for the identification of the subfamilies and some of the more important genera and species together with discussions of their anatomy and life history. Urbana, Illinois : Scarab Company vi 502 pp. [212-215] (taxonomy)

Mamet, J.R. 1953. Remarques biogéographiques sur la faune coccidologique de Madagascar. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius 1: 249-252 [251] (distribution)

Mamet, J.R. 1954. A monograph of the Conchaspididae Green (Hemiptera: Coccoidea). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 105: 189-239 [189-239] (taxonomy)

Morrison, H. & Morrison, E.R. 1966. An annotated list of generic names of the scale insects (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Miscellaneous Publication United States Department of Agriculture 1015: 1-206 [44-45] (catalogue)

Newstead, R. 1893. Notes on new or little known Coccidae (No. 4). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 29: 153-155 [153] (taxonomy)

Newstead, R. 1903. Monograph of the Coccidae of the British Isles. London : Ray Society Vol. 2 270 pp. (taxonomy)

Obenberger, J. 1957. Entomologie III. Systematicka cast 2. XVII. rad Mallophaga. XVIII. rad Anoplura. XIX rad Homoptera. Praha : Nakladatelstvi Ceskoslov. Akad. Ved 467 pp. (taxonomy)

Silvestri, F. 1939. Compendio di Entomologia Applicata. Parte speciale. Portici : Tipografia Bellavista 974 pp. [859] (taxonomy)

Takagi, S. 1997. Further material of Conchaspis from southeast Asia (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Conchaspididae). Insecta Matsumurana 53: 27-79 [29-30] (taxonomy)

Tao, C.C.C. 1999. List of Coccoidea (Homoptera) of China. Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Special Publication No. 78: 1-176 [67] (taxonomy, misspelling of genus name as Chonchaspis and Chinchaspis)

Vernalha, M.M. 1953. Nota sobre o genero Vinculaspis Ferris. Arquivos de Biologia e Tecnologia (Curitiba) 8: 109-110 [150] (catalogue)

Williams, D.J. 1992. A new genus and species of Conchaspididae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) from Florida, remarkable in lacking legs. Journal of Natural History 26: 1325-1331 (taxonomy, key)

 

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