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Anotaspis particula Ferris, 1941 (Diaspididae: Anotaspis)

Anotaspis particula Ferris 1941d: SIII-270. Type data: PANAMA: Chiriqui, near David, on undetermined tree, 1938, by G.F. Ferris. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.

Countries: 1

Systematics: This species can be compared to no species except Radiaspis indica. It differs especially in the complete absence of any marginal pygidial structures (Ferris, 1941d).
Structure: Second stage female is exceedingly minute and is a little larger than the first exuvia, which overlies it and is black with its posterior extremity yellowish. Scale of male elongate, white, with blackish exuvia at one end (Ferris, 1941d).
Biology: This species was found on the underside of leaves, with females always concealed along a vein, males scattered over the surface of the leaf and furnishing the principal evidence of the presence of the insect (Ferris, 1941d).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1941d).