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Chionaspis sonorae Vea, 2012 (Diaspididae: Chionaspis)

Chionaspis sonorae Vea 2012. Type data: MEXICO, Sonora state, Yecora, 28°22.45'N, 108°56.11'W, on needle of Pinus engelmannii Carr, 08/08/2007, by R. Gwiazdowski, T.R. Van Devender and A. Lilia Reina.. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Mexico: Coleccion Entomologica, Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico; accepted valid name

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Chionaspis sonorae Vea is distinguishable from other Chionaspis by the combination of the following characters : median lobe shape unusual, broad, medial margins parallel or slightly convergent in basal half, abruptly angled near midpoint, with distal half divergent, serrated; yoke horseshoe-shaped; microducts sparse. (Vea et al. 2012)
Structure: All pine-feeding Chionaspis discussed in Vea et al. (2012), including C. heterophyllae and C. pinifoliae, are indistinguishable by eye in the field. The adult female for all species possesses a white oystershell-shaped and slightly convex cover, with the amount of posterior expansion varying according to the diameter of host needles. Body elongate, color varying from yellow when immature to reddish brownish in specimens containing eggs, with lateral protrusion on the anterior abdominal segments. Found on needles. (Vea et al. 2012)
General Remarks: Detailed description, illustration and table of diagnostic morphological characters for six species of pine-feeding Chionaspis by Vea et al. (2012)

NormarOkMo2019: distribution, host, 16
VeaGwNo2012: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 48-50