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Diaspis miranda (Cockerell, 1898) (Diaspididae: Diaspis)

Aulacaspis miranda Cockerell 1898j: 437-438. Type data: MEXICO: Cuautla, 25/07/1897 on Cherimoya; 27/09/1897, on Zapote. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
Diaspis miranda (Cockerell, 1898); Cockerell 1902d: 59. change of combination
Carulaspis miranda (Cockerell, 1898); MacGillivray 1921: 313. change of combination

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

Systematics: Diaspis miranda is most like D. boisduvalii, but may be distinguished easily (Ferris, 1937).
Structure: Female scale about 1.25 mm in diameter, flat, irregularly subcircular to subtriangular, black, with sort of whitish bloom, extreme margin whitish; exuviae lateral, very pale yellowish. Male scale obscurely tricarinate, but very fluffy. Adult female pale yellow after boiling in potash, median lobes wide apart, minutely serrated, striated, produced, but not conspicuously (Cockerell, 1898j).
General Remarks: Descriptions by Cockerell (1898j) and Ferris (1937).