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Diaspis arundinariae (Tippins & Howell, 1973) (Diaspididae: Diaspis)

Geodiaspis arundinariae Tippins & Howell 1973: 399-403. Type data: UNITED STATES: Georgia, Spaulding Co., near Sunnyside, on Arundinaria sp., 28/01/1972. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Diaspis arundinariae (Tippins & Howell, 1973); Normark, et al. 2019: 61. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Adult female body subcircular to broadly turbinate, 1.9 mm long and 1.5 mm wide. Derm lightly sclerotized except for large oval membranous areas.
Biology: Only non-gravid adult females were found until May 5th, at which time only a few were gravid. Eggs, motile, and settled 1st stage crawlers, as well as ovipositing and spent females were found May 19th. On June 28th ovipositing females and all immature stages were present. Adult males emerged July 15th from material collected and caged July 11, 1972. Collections on August 14th contained all stages except eggs (Tippins & Howell, 1973).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female, second stage male and female, first stage male and female by Tippins & Howell (1973).