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Lepidosaphes abietis (Signoret, 1870) (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Mytilaspis abietis Signoret 1870: 92. Type data: on Pinus sp.. Unknown type status, unknown, accepted valid name
Mytilaspis confusus Horvath 1897: 95. replacement name that is unjustified (discovered by Cocker1899j, 275).
Lepidosaphes abietis (Signoret, 1870); Fernald 1903b: 304. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Systematics: There was some early confusion over Mytilaspis abietis Signoret and Aspidiotus abietis Schrank. Cockerell (1899j) states that Signoret knew that this insect was different from Schrank's, which was an Aspidiotus. Horvath (1897) proposed the replacement name confusus, but since they were never homonyms, Cockerell's claim that this replacement name was unnecessary is considered correct. Lindinger (1912b) incorrectly considered Lepidosaphes abietis to be a junior synonym of L. ulmi. Borchsenius (1966) considered L. abietis incertae sedis.
Structure: Female scale similar to L. linearis (=L. ulmi), long, more or less circumvented in form of comma, brown (Signoret, 1870). Adult female grayish brown, broad towards the caudal end and narrow towards the head. 5 groups of spinnerets; the mesal consist of 15-17; the cephalo-laterals each of 20; and the caudo-laterals of 10-12 (Comstock, 1883).