Valid Names Results

Colobopyga hedyscepes Deitz, 1979 (Halimococcidae: Colobopyga)

Nomenclatural History

• Colobopyga hedyscepes Deitz 1979: 454. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: North Island, Auckland, Mt. Albert, on Hedyscepe canterburyana, 01/02/1978, by L.L. Deitz. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes also in USNM, BMNH and ANIC. Illustr.

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Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Deitz1979: pp.454 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Colobopyga]

Remarks

• Systematics: Colobopyga hedyscepes closely resembles C. australiensis, but is shorter has a less elongate pygidium (Deitz, 1979).
• Structure: Slide-mounted adult female 0.65-0.73 mm long, pyriform. Derm membranous, but pygidium weakly sclerotized; venter of thorax and 1st abdominal segment with minute spicules in a broad band medially; each spiracle nearly surrounded by concentric rows of minute conical points. Pygidium semicircular in outline (Deitz, 1979).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration of adult and second-instar female by Deitz (1979).

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