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Diaspis iodinae Boratynski, 1968 (Diaspididae: Diaspis)

Diaspis iodinae Boratynski 1968a: 36-41. Type data: URUGUAY: on Iodina rhombifolia, by H.L. Parker. Holotype, female, Type depository: Vienna: Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Austria; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes in USNM. Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Diaspis iodinae is closely related to D. boisduvalii and D. miranda, but differs from both by the large number and the distribution of submarginal dorsal macroducts, position of the anal opening, non-tuberculate prosomatic micropores, small number of paraspiracular pores, as well as by the details of pygidial structures; the scales of the female are also distinctive (Boratynski, 1968a).
Structure: Adult female subcircular or broadly pyriform, about 0.7 mm long and wide (Boratynski, 1968a).
Biology: Scales found in clusters on the underside of host leaves with both sexes probably occurring together (Boratynski, 1968a).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Boratynski (1968a).