Valid Names Results
Lapazia obscura Howell & Beshear, 1975 (Diaspididae: Lapazia)Nomenclatural History
- Lapazia obscura Howell & Beshear 1975: 265-268. Type data: UNITED STATES: Texas, near Fritch, Lake Meredith, off highway 136, on Atriplex sp.. 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: Paratypes in USNM, BMNH, VPIC, UCDC and UGCA. Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Amaranthaceae
- Atriplex | HowellBe1975
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- United States
- Texas | HowellBe1975
Keys
Remarks
- Systematics: Lapazia obscura can be separated from L. obtecta by the presence of perivulvar pores and by conspicuous sclerotizations at the bases of lobes 1, 2 and 3. L. obtecta has neither perivulvar pores nor scleroses at the bases of the lobes. In addition, the bulla of the marginal macroducts in L. obtecta is longer than the duct itself, while in L. obscura it is much shorter (Howell & Beshear, 1975).
- General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Howell & Beshear (1975).
Illustrations
Citations
- Arnett1985: taxonomy, 241
- HowellBe1975: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 265-268
- Miller2005: distribution, 487
- Nakaha1982: distribution, host, 46
