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Aspidiotus excisus Green

NOMENCLATURE:

Aspidiotus excisus Green, 1896e: 53. Type data: SRI LANKA: Punduloya, on Cyanotis pilosa. Lectotype female, by subsequent designation Williams & Watson, 1988: 56. Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK. Described: female. Illust.

Aspidiotus (Aspidiotus) excisus; Cockerell, 1897i: 27. Change of combination.

Aspidiotus (Evaspidiotus) excisus; Leonardi, 1898c: 46. Change of combination.

Temnaspidiotus excisus; MacGillivray, 1921: 403. Change of combination.

Aspidiotus excisus; Williams & Watson, 1988: 56. Revived combination.

COMMON NAMES: Aglaonema scale [MillerDa2005]; cyanotis scale [VelasqRi1969].



Hosts: Anacardiaceae: Rhus semialata [Takaha1932a, Takaha1933, Takagi1969a]. Araceae: Aglaonema commutatum [Velasq1971]. Arecaceae: Cocos nucifera [Takaha1941b, Takagi1969a]. Asclepiadaceae: Hoya carnosa [Takaha1932a, Takaha1933, Takagi1969a]. Asteraceae: Elephantopus mollis [Takaha1929, Takagi1969a, Tang1984]. Boraginaceae: Tournefortia [Beards1966, Takagi1969a, Tang1984], Tournefortia augentea [Takaha1942d]. Caprifoliaceae: Viburnum [Takaha1932a, Takaha1933, Takagi1969a]. Caricaceae: Carica papaya [Takagi1969a, WilliaWa1988]. Commelinaceae: Cyanotis [Green1937], Cyanotis pilosa [Green1896, Green1896e, Ramakr1921a, Takagi1969a, Tang1984]. Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea [Green1900a, Green1937, Takagi1969a, Tang1984]. Ericaceae: Rhododendron [Takaha1935, Takagi1969a]. Euphorbiaceae: Euphorbia [WilliaWa1988], Glochidion hongkongense [Takagi1969a]. Malvaceae: Thespesia [Beards1966, Takagi1969a], Thespesia populnea [Beards1966], Urena lobata [Takaha1932a, Takaha1933, Takagi1969a]. Musaceae: Musa [Takagi1969a]. Orchidaceae [Velasq1971]. Piperaceae: Piper [Green1937, Takagi1969a, Tang1984]. Rutaceae: Citrus [Takagi1969a, WilliaWa1988], Citrus aurantifolia [WilliaWa1988], Citrus reticulata [MatileEt2006]. Verbenaceae: Clerodendron inerme [Takaha1929, Takaha1936b, Green1937, Ferris1941e], Clerodendrum neriifolium [Takagi1969a].

DISTRIBUTION: Australasian: Federated States of Micronesia (Caroline Islands [Takaha1941b, Beards1966]); Fiji [Green1937]; Palau [Takaha1942d, Beards1966]; Papua New Guinea [WilliaWa1988]. Nearctic: Mexico [Nakaha1982]; United States of America (Florida [Dekle1976]). Neotropical: Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua [Nakaha1982]); Colombia [Kondo2001]; Costa Rica [Nakaha1982]; Dominican Republic [Nakaha1982]; Ecuador [Nakaha1982]; El Salvador [Nakaha1982]; Galapagos Islands [CaustoPeSi2006]; Grenada [Nakaha1982]; Guadeloupe [MatileEt2006]; Guatemala [Nakaha1982]; Guyana [Nakaha1982]; Haiti [PerezG2008]; Honduras [Nakaha1982]; Jamaica [Nakaha1982]; Martinique [Nakaha1982]; Panama [Nakaha1982]; Puerto Rico & Vieques Island (Puerto Rico [ColonFMe1998]); Saint Croix [Nakaha1982]; Suriname [Nakaha1982]; Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad [Nakaha1982]); U.S. Virgin Islands [Nakaha1983]; Venezuela [Nakaha1982]. Oriental: India [Nakaha1982] (Tripura [Varshn2002]); Indonesia [Nakaha1982]; Pakistan [Nakaha1982]; Philippines (Luzon [VelasqRi1969, Velasq1971], Samar [Velasq1971]); Singapore [Nakaha1982]; Sri Lanka [Green1896e, Green1900a, Ramakr1921a, Green1937, Takagi1969a]; Taiwan [Takaha1929, Takaha1932a, Takaha1936b, Green1937, Takagi1969a, WongChCh1999]; Thailand [Takaha1942b, Takagi1969a]; Vietnam [DanzigKo1990]. Palaearctic: China [Tang1984]; Japan [Kawai1980]. Palaearctic: Mongolia [DanzigKo1990].

GENERAL REMARKS: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1941e), Velasquez (1971), Tang (1984), Chou (1985, 1986), Williams & Watson (1988) and by Colon-Ferrer & Medina-Gaud (1998).

STRUCTURE: Female scale convex, of irregular outline, margin often lobed, thin, and semi-transparent, whitish or very pale ochreous.... Exuviae yellow, approximately central. Male scale smaller and more oblong (Ferris, 1941e). Colour photograph in Wong et al. (1999).

ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE AND CONTROL: The distribution records of this species (see Distribution) are disjunctive from North and South America, Far East, Asia, and Pacific Islands. It is considered a pest of ornamental plants (Dekle, 1976; Davidson & Miller, 1990).

KEYS: Chou 1985: 274 (female) [Species of China]; Velasquez 1971: 100 (female) [Philippines]; Beardsley 1966: 513 (female) [Federated States of Micronesia]; Ferris 1946: 43 (female) [World]; Ferris 1941e: 61 (female) [World]; Green 1896e: 40 (female) [Sri Lanka].

CITATIONS: Beards1966 [host, distribution: 514-515]; BeardsDaHo1976 [economic importance: 103]; BenDovGe2003 [catalogue: 187-189]; Borchs1966 [catalogue: 271-272]; CaustoPeSi2006 [distribution: 137]; Chou1985 [taxonomy, description, host, distribution: 274-275]; Chou1986 [taxonomy, illustration: 664]; ChuaWo1990 [host, distribution, economic importance: 548]; Cocker1897i [taxonomy, description, host, distribution: 27]; Cocker1899a [taxonomy: 395]; ColonFMe1998 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 45-46]; CoronaRuMo1997 [host, distribution: 38-41]; DanzigKo1990 [host, distribution: 46]; DanzigPe1998 [catalogue: 362]; DavidsMi1990 [host, distribution, economic importance: 603-632]; Dekle1966 [taxonomy, host, distribution, biological control: 1-2]; Dekle1976 [taxonomy, description, host, distribution, economic importance: 40]; Fernal1903b [catalogue: 258]; Ferris1937c [taxonomy: 52]; Ferris1941e [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 43,53-54,63]; Ferris1946 [taxonomy: 43]; Flande1971 [biological control, life history: 857-872]; FoxWil1939 [host, distribution, economic importance: 2296]; Green1896e [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 53]; Green1900a [host, distribution: 71]; Green1937 [host, distribution: 330]; Kawai1980 [taxonomy, description, host, distribution: 229]; Kondo2001 [taxonomy, host, distribution: 43]; Leonar1898c [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 46-48]; MacGil1921 [taxonomy, description, host, distribution: 403]; MatileEt2006 [host, distribution: 169]; MillerDa1990 [host, distribution, economic importance: 300]; MillerDa2005 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution, economic importance: 75-77]; Nakaha1982 [host, distribution: 13]; Nakaha1983 [host, distribution: 9]; PerezG2008 [distribution: 214]; Ramakr1921a [host, distribution: 357]; Sugimo1994 [host, distribution: 115-121]; Takagi1969a [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 70-72,100]; Takaha1929 [host, distribution: 79]; Takaha1932a [host, distribution: 104-105]; Takaha1933 [host, distribution: 25-34]; Takaha1935 [host, distribution: 4]; Takaha1936b [taxonomy, host, distribution: 426]; Takaha1941b [host, distribution: 220]; Takaha1942b [host, distribution: 47]; Takaha1942d [host, distribution: 358]; Tang1984 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 20-21]; Tao1999 [taxonomy, host, distribution: 119]; Varshn2002 [host, distribution: 40]; Velasq1971 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 100-103]; VelasqRi1969 [host, distribution: 195-208]; WilliaWa1988 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 58-60]; WongChCh1999 [taxonomy, description, host, distribution: 35,79]; WoodruBeSk1998 [distribution].



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