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Epidiaspis michoacana Ferris, 1938 (Diaspididae: Epidiaspis)

Epidiaspis michoacana Ferris 1938a: SII-141. Type data: MEXICO: Michoacan, in the mountains south of Carrizal, on unidentified tree, 1926, by G.F. Ferris. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Countries: 1

Systematics: Epidiaspis michoacana is similar to E. montana, but the character of the scale indicates that they are different. In E. michoacana the pygidal lobes are somewhat larger and seem to be more heavily sclerotized and the ventral scleroses of the median lobes are somewhat larger. It is not at all impossible that further collecting will show them to be the same species, since E. montana is at present only imperfectly known (Ferris, 1938a).
Structure: Female scale very flat, circular, brown, exuviae central. Male scale elongate, brown, similar in texture to that of female, strongly tricarinate, exuviae terminal. Adult female about 1 mm long (Ferris, 1938a).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Ferris (1938a).