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Chionaspis floridensis Takagi, 1969 (Diaspididae: Chionaspis)

Chionaspis americana; Dekle 1965c: 32. misidentification (discovered by Takagi1969, 269).
Chionaspis floridensis Takagi 1969: 269-271. Type data: UNITED STATES: Florida, O'Leno State Park, on Fraxinus sp., 19/08/1961, by G.W. Dekle & V.F. McCowan. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (LiuKoRh1989,38). Type depository: Gainesville: Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Division of Plant Industry, Florida, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

LiuKoRh1989: pp.15 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of Chionaspis in North America]

Systematics: Chionaspis floridensis is very similar to C. americana and they can only be distinguished in the bark-feeding form. In this form, the absence of submedian dorsal macroducts on the 6th abdominal segment in C. americana and the presence of these macroducts in C. floridensis (Takagi, 1969).
Structure: Scale of adult female oystershell-shaped, white or dirty white, frequently covered by some extraneous material, about 2.0-2.5 mm long and 0.7-1.5 mm wide, posterior end broader; first exuviae pale yellow; second exuviae brown or dark brown, occupying about one fourth to one third of total length of scale. Ventral scale white and thin, remaining on host when scale is removed (Liu et al., 1989).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Takagi (1969).