Species Conchaspis angraeci Cockerell, 1893

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• Conchaspis angraeci Cockerell, T.D.A. 1893. Coccidae, or scale insects. – II. Bulletin of the Botanical Department, Jamaica 40: 7-9 [9].
• Pseudinglisia rodrigueziae Newstead, R. 1893. Notes on new or little known Coccidae (No. 4). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 29: 153-155 [153].
• Conchaspis angraeci hibisci Cockerell, T.D.A. 1896. Preliminary diagnoses of new Coccidae. Psyche (Cambridge) Supplement 4[1894–1896]: 18-21 [19].
• Conchaspis baiensis Lepage, H.S. 1939. Duas novas espécies de coccídeos do Brasil (Homoptera–Coccoidea). Archivos do Instituto Biológico (São Paulo) 10: 313-318 [314].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cockerell, T.D.A. 1895. Coccidae or scale insects. – VII. Bulletin of the Botanical Department, Jamaica 2 2: 100-102 [101] (synonymy of Pseudinglisia rodrigueziae Newstead, 1893)
• Mamet, J.R. 1954. A monograph of the Conchaspididae Green (Hemiptera: Coccoidea). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 105: 189-239 [213] (synonymy of Conchaspis angraeci hibisci Cockerell, 1896; synonymy of Conchaspis baiensis Lepage, 1939)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Takagi, S., 1997) [42] (female, first & second-instar nymph; Asia, world); (Ben-Dov, Y., 1974) [370] (female; world); (Mamet, J.R., 1954) [238] (female; world)

GENERAL

Description and illustration of adult female by Lepage, H.S. 1939. Duas novas espécies de coccídeos do Brasil (Homoptera–Coccoidea). Archivos do Instituto Biológico (São Paulo) 10: 313–318 (as C. angraeci and as C. baiensis), Mamet, J.R. 1954. A monograph of the Conchaspididae Green (Hemiptera: Coccoidea). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 105: 189–239 and by Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W. 1990. The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Pt. 3: The soft scales (Coccidae) and other families. London : CAB International Institute of Entomology 267 pp.. Takagi, S. 1992. A contribution to Conchaspidid systematics (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Insecta Matsumurana 46: 1–71 and Takagi, S. 1997. Further material of Conchaspis from southeast Asia (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Conchaspididae). Insecta Matsumurana 53: 27–79 presented SEM micrographs of various structures of the adult female. Takagi (1997) evaluated the intraspecific variation in some taxonomic characters of the adult female and nymphs.

STRUCTURE

Scale of female subcircular, slightly conical; apex bluntly pointed; six to eight ridges or carinae are radiating from the apex, not all of them reaching the margin; colour white, sub-opaque, while the areas between the ridges are darker.

General References

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] (Conchasuis angraeci: misspelling of genus name)

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