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ON A NEW SCALE–INSECT FOUND ON PLUM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

T. D. A. Cockerell
T. D. A. Cockerell
Affiliation:
N. M. AGR. EXP. STA.
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Some time ago, Prof. Gillette sent me a few specimens of an Aspidiotus found on plum at Cañon City, Colorado 31st Aug., 1894. They occurred on the fruit itself. He had previously sent the species to Mr. L. O. Howard, who had written that it was apparently new. The material sent was not altogether satisfactory, owing to the fact that the insect occurs solitarily on the fruits, and has to be collected by slicing off bits of the skin. Consequently it is inconvenient to obtain it in quantity, and not very easy to nicely preserve those obtained, However, the discovery of a new Aspidiotus on plums in the United States was a matter of importance, and deserved the most careful consideration.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , January 1895 , pp. 16 - 19
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1895

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References

* The North American Hymenopterous parasites of Coccidæ have been described as follows:—By Howard, 44; by Ashmead, 7; by Riley, 2; by Fitch, Le Baron, Emily A. Smith, Walker, Craw and Cook, 1 each; total, 59 species. There are a few others erroneously recorded as Coccid parasites, or only doubtfully parasitic on Coccidœ.