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Dynaspidiotus tener (Bazarov & Shmelev, 1967) (Diaspididae: Dynaspidiotus)

Ephedraspis tenera Bazarov & Shmelev 1967: 60. Type data: TAJIKISTAN: Western Pamir, Pyandja Valley, Pastruh Village, 20 km east of Vancha, on Ephedra sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.
Dynaspidiotus tener (Bazarov & Shmelev, 1967); Danzig 1993: 156. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 2

Structure: Female scale broadly elliptical, 1.8 mm long, 1.4 mm wide; convex; exuviae placed centrally or slightly towards anterior area; first exuvia orange colour, second bright gray; secreted part dark gray slightly brownish (Bazarov & Shmelev, 1971). Slide-mounted adult female pyriform, membranous at maturity. Pygidium with 3 pairs of lobes; median lobes (L1) each rounded apically, without notches on lateral margins; second lobes (L2) smaller than L1, each with 1 notch on outer margin; third lobes (L3) smaller than L2, usually each with 1 notch on outer margin. Median and lateral plates well developed, present between lobes only, each plate slightly longer than nearby lobes and deeply fringed. Dorsal submarginal ducts present on pygidial and prepygidial segments II−IV. Perivulvar pores absent. (Moghaddam & Watson, 2021)
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Bazarov & Shmelev (1971) and by Danzig (1993).