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Lepidosaphes keteleeriae Ferris, 1953 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Lepidosaphes keteleeriae Ferris 1953: 61. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan, Kunming, An-lin-wen-chian, on Keteleeria davidiana, 28/04/1949, by G.F. Ferris. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Parainsulaspis keteleeriae (Ferris, 1953); Borchsenius 1963: 1163. change of combination
Parainsulaspis kateleeriae (Ferris, 1953); Borchsenius 1963: 1163. misspelling of species epithet
Andaspis keteleeriae (Ferris, 1953); Young & Hu 1981a: 219. change of combination
Lepidosaphes kateleeriae Ferris, 1953; Chou 1982: 156. misspelling of species epithet
Lepidosaphes keteleeriae Ferris, 1953; Chou 1982: 156. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Chen1983: pp.64 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of Phenacaspis] Key as: Phenacaspis keteleeriae
Chou1982: pp.156 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of Lepidosaphes]

Systematics: Lepidosaphes keteleeriae is unique in the very few and small dorsal ducts and the rather large and somewhat fan-shaped median lobes (Ferris, 1953). Tao (1999) treats Parainsulaspis keteleeriae and Andaspis keteleeriae. Since Tao gives no description or illustration of what he calls Parainsulaspis keteleeriae and Andaspis keteleeriae we can only guess at the species that he was treating. Based on the fact that the two keteleeriae species described by Ferris (1953) are very different morphologically and that it is unlikely that Tao would place "Phenacaspis" keteleeriae in either Andaspis or Parainsulaspis we assume that Tao placed the same species ("Lepidosaphes" keteleeriae Ferris) in both (Andaspis and Parainsulaspis).
Structure: Scale of female pale brown, elongate, about 2.0 mm long, flat. Adult female 1.5 mm long, body membranous throughout except for pygidium. Pygidium is slightly less obtuse than is usual, median lobes relatively large and apically rounded, more or less fan shaped (Ferris, 1953).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Ferris (1953). Table of taxanomic characters distinguishing conifer infesting species in Miller, Williams & Davidson (2006).