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Selenaspidus articulatus
Authors/Creators
- 1. Entomology Laboratory, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru
- 2. APHIS, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, 20705, USA
Description
Selenaspidus articulatus (Morgan, 1889)
Suppl. material 1: fig. S 11 A, B
Distribution.
Peru: Castilla.
Examined material.
• 5 adult females, ex Persea americana, Huatiapilla-Aplao (Castilla), 14/03/2020, J Jihuallanca.
Remarks.
Beingolea and Salazar (1970) reported this species on olives, Beingolea (1967) on citrus, and Beingolea (1969 b) on olives, and citrus in Peru. Our study found this species on avocados in the Arequipa region.
Notes
Published as part of Beltran-Moreno, Maholy, Llacctas, Anali, Huanca, Javier & Evans, Gregory, 2025, A survey of scale insects (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) on avocados, olives, and grapes in the Peruvian region of Arequipa, pp. 91-125 in ZooKeys 1257 on pages 91-125, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1257.163722
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Event date
- 2020-03-14
- Verbatim event date
- 2020-03-14
- Scientific name authorship
- Morgan
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Coccidae
- Genus
- Selenaspidus
- Species
- articulatus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Selenaspidus articulatus (Morgan, 1889) sec. Beltran-Moreno, Llacctas, Huanca & Evans, 2025
References
- Beingolea O, Salazar J (1970) Experiencias en el control integrado de las plagas del olivo. Revista Peruana de Entomología 13 (1): 45–63. https://www.revperuentomol.com.pe/index_php/rev-peru-entomol/issue/view/27
- Beingolea O (1967) Control biológico de las plagas de los cítricos en el Perú. Revista Peruana de Entomología 10 (1): 67–81. https://www.revperuentomol.com.pe/index_php/rev-peru-entomol/issue/archive/2
- Beingolea O (1969 b) Notas sobre la biología de Selenaspidus articulatus Morgan (Hom.: Diaspididae), " queresa redonda de los cítricos. Revista Peruana de Entomología 12 (1): 119–129. https://www.revperuentomol.com.pe/index_php/rev-peru-entomol/issue/view/26