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Diaspis toumeyi Cockerell, 1895 (Diaspididae: Diaspis)

Diaspis toumeyi Cockerell 1895l: 56. Type data: UNITED STATES: Arizona, near Maricopa, on Holacantha emoryi, ?/04/1895, by Prof. Toumey. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
Pseudaulacaspis toumeyi (Cockerell, 1895); MacGillivray 1921: 316. change of combination
Diaspis toumeyi Cockerell, 1895; Borchsenius 1966: 174. revived combination (previously published)
Diaspis toumeli Cockerell, 1895; McDaniel 1971: 303. misspelling of species epithet

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 2

Ferris1942: pp.SIV-446:52 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Diaspis]
MacGil1921: pp.316 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Pseudaulacaspis] Key as: Pseudaulacaspis toumeyi

Systematics: Diaspis toumeyi is close to D. simmondsiae, from which it is readily distinguishable by the small second lobes and the group of large, submarginal pores of the 6th and 7th abdominal segments especially (Ferris, 1937).
Structure: Female scale white or slightly gray, circular, moderately convex, exuviae subcentral, dark. Male scale gray or white, noncarinate (Ferris, 1937). Female when boiled in soda is pale brownish (Cocker1895r).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1937).