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Colobopyga sabalis (Ferris, 1942) (Halimococcidae: Colobopyga)

Palmaricoccus sabalis Ferris 1942: SIV-441. Type data: MEXICO: Oaxaca, Chivela, near Salina Cruz, on Sabal? sp., 1926, by G.F. Ferris. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Colobopyga sabalis (Ferris, 1942); Ferris 1952: 3. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: The striking spiracular lobes of the second stage are immediately distinctive of this species. The adult female closely resembles C. washingtoniae, but differs in the absence of multilocular disc pores on the 7th segment and in the presence of the conspicuous spiracular plates (Ferris, 1942).
Structure: Slide-mounted adult female about 1.0 mm long, narrowly turbinate. Derm membranous throughout, the dorsum of the pygidium very weakly sclerotized. Pygidium narrowly rounded apically and terminating in a pair of quite stout, spatulate setae which are set quite close together at the apex. Laterad of these and over the dorsum of the pygidial area are several slender setae. Dorsum of the pygidium slightly rugulose. Second stage becoming very sclerotized at maturity, oval, with posterior third forming a caudal projection. Spiracles are set far posteriorly on the body, each being borne in a conspicuous ear-like protuberance (Ferris, 1942).
Biology: Ferris (1942) states that adult females were found "buried in the deep, tight folds of the leaves in the region of the hasta" and that they look like minute brown seeds.
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Ferris (1942).