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Diaspidistis multilobis Hempel, 1900 (Diaspididae: Diaspidistis)

Diaspidistis multilobis Hempel 1900a: 522-523. Type data: BRAZIL: Sao Paulo, Ypiranga, on unidentified Myrtaceae, 25/04/1900. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sao Paulo: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Diaspidistis multilobia Hempel, 1900; MacGillivray 1921: 314. misspelling of species epithet
Diaspidistis multiloba Hempel, 1900; Ferris 1936a: 21. misspelling of species epithet
Pseudoparlatorea multilobis (Hempel, 1900); Lindinger 1937: 194. change of combination
Diaspidistis multilobis Hempel, 1900; Wolff & Claps 2010: 226. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 3 | Genera: 5

Countries: 2

WolffCl2010: pp.232 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Diaspidistis, based on the characters of adult females]
MacGil1921: pp.314 ( ) [Key to species of Diaspidistis]

Structure: Female scale subcircular, somewhat convex, light brown in color. Exuviae yellow, central, superimposed. Male scale somewhat elongate, not carinated. Adult female cordate to subcircular in outline, anterior margin being always notched in the middle. Adult male small, light yellow, thoracic band of the same color (Hempel, 1900a).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Ferris (1937a).