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Ferreroaspis hungarica (Vinis, 1981) (Diaspididae: Ferreroaspis)

Acanthomytilus hungaricus Vinis 1981: 203-207. Type data: HUNGARY: Budapest, on Acer campestre, 26/03/1980. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Budapest: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Zoological Department, Hungary; accepted valid name Notes: Paratype in MNHN Illustr.
Ferreroaspis hungaricus (Vinis, 1981); Kozár 1983: 92. change of combination
Andaspis acericola Danzig 1983: 522-523. Type data: RUSSIA: on Acer pubescens, 21/05/1963, by E. Danzig. Holotype, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by Danzig1986, 21). Illustr.
Ferreroaspis hungarica (Vinis, 1981); Miller, D.R., Gimpel, M.E. & Williams, D.J. 2003: 946. emendation that is justified

Families: 3 | Genera: 3

Countries: 5

Systematics: This species resembles Lepidosaphes minima. Within the Acanthomytilus genus, the new species is closely related to A. intermittens. They differ from each other substantially in the number of lobes, that of marginal macroducts on the pygidium, and that of plates (Vinis, 1981).
Structure: Adult female with a shell like scale, somewhat distending towards abdomen, cephalad with two larval skins. Female lilac in color, elongate pyriform, cephalothorax and mesothorax the narrowest, abdomen broadest at 2nd segment (Vinis, 1981).
Economic Importance: One generation per year, mature females overwinter, lay 16-18 eggs per female from late June until late July. Nymphs hatch in 6-8 days after egg laying; nymphs settle in bark crevices and molt twice, mature by the end of September. Adult males rare and present in low numbers (Vinis, 1981).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Vinis (1981).