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Epidiaspis tillandsiae Takagi & Tippins, 1972 (Diaspididae: Epidiaspis)

Epidiaspis tillandsiae Takagi & Tippins 1972: 10. Type data: UNITED STATES: Florida, Everglades, on Tillandsia usneoides, 23/12/1969, by M. Smith. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Paratype in FSCA. Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Epidiaspis tillandsiae is quite different from other Epidiaspis species in having comparatively well developed lateral lobes. It is referred to Epidiaspis because the marginal pore prominence of the 4th abdominal segment is not produced into a "gland spur" and the median lobes are quite enlarged and produced beyond the apex of the pygidium. It closely resembles E. montana and E. michoacana, but its triangular, serrate median lobes are quite characteristic (Takagi & Tippins, 1972).
Structure: Adult female obovate, 1.5 times as long as wide, free abdominal segments little lobed out laterally and with pygidium triangular (Takagi & Tippins, 1972).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Takagi & Tippins (1972).