Selenaspidus articulatus (Morgan)

Kondo, Takumasa & Muñoz, Jazmín Adriana, 2016, Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) associated with avocado crop, Persea americana Mill. (Lauraceae) in Valle del Cauca and neighboring departments of Colombia, Insecta Mundi 2016 (465), pp. 1-24 : 8

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4645809
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D87176BB-292D-4A7C-B106-EEC015A66561
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4645931
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3414244A-6D06-ED09-FF13-C9C714F3F9A3
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Selenaspidus articulatus (Morgan)
status

Treatment

Selenaspidus articulatus (Morgan) View in CoL

Material studied. Colombia. Valle del Cauca: Alcalá: Finca La Pastora , 04°39 ′ 41.6 ″ N, 75°47 ′ 46.6 ″ W, 1240 m, 27.iv.2009, coll. J. Muñoz, 4 ( UVCO), 3 ( MECP) GoogleMaps ; Ulloa: Finca La Catalina , 04°41 ′ 38.8 ″ N, 75°45 ′ 10.4 ″ W, 1301 m, 16.ii.2009, coll. J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ‘ Santana’, 1 ( UVCO), 1 ( MECP) GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Cosmopolitan ( Ben-Dov et al. 2015).

Remarks. Selenaspidus articulatus is a tropicopolitan species ( Williams and Watson 1988a). This species was found on the upper surface of leaves of the ‘Lorena’ and ‘Santana’ cultivars.