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Diaspidistis memorabilis (Ferris, 1941) (Diaspididae: Diaspidistis)

Pseudoparlatoria memorabilis Ferris 1941d: SIII-318. Type data: PANAMA: Chiriqui, Dolega, on Eugenia sp., 1938, by G.F. Ferris. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Diaspidistis memorabilis (Ferris, 1941); Wolff & Claps 2010: 228. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

WolffCl2010: pp.232 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Diaspidistis, based on the characters of adult females]
Ferris1942: pp.SIV-446:62 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Pseudoparlatoria] Key as: Pseudoparlatoria memorabilis

Systematics: Pseudoparlatoria memorabilis is very distinctive, the extraordinary development of the median lobes separating it immediately from other members of the genus (Ferris, 1941d).
Structure: Female scale white, usually irregular because of pressure of host leaf hairs, but probably circular, exuviae subcentral. Male scale oval, exuviae central. Slide-mounted adult female about 0.5 mm long, almost circular. Pygidium with distinctive characters. Median lobes relatively large, heavily sclerotized, retracted into body and with transverse, sclerotized bars reinforcing their bases. Between them, however, are the usual pair of gland spines. 2nd and 3rd lobes very small but distinctly present, both pairs bilobulate. Gland spines more numerous than in other species, those toward apex of the pygidium tending to be slightly irregular or even fringed (Ferris, 1941d).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1941d).