Valid Names Results

Lepidosaphes perlonga (Cockerell, 1898) (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Mytilaspis perlonga Cockerell 1898e: 202. Type data: BRAZIL: Campinas, on Baccharis sp., ?/01/1898, by F. Noack. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sao Paulo: Instituto Biologico de Sao Paulo, Brazil; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
Lepidosaphes perlonga (Cockerell, 1898); Fernald 1903b: 312. change of combination
Triaspidis perlonga (Cockerell, 1898); MacGillivray 1921: 279. change of combination
Lepidosaphes perlonga (Cockerell, 1898); Borchsenius 1966: 51. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 2

MacGil1921: pp.279 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Triaspidis] Key as: Triaspidis perlonga
Leonar1903: pp.31 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Mytilaspis] Key as: Mytilaspis perlonga

Systematics: Lepidosaphes perlonga can be distinguished by the very large gland spines and the one spine in the first interlobular interval (Cockerell, 1898e).
Structure: Female scale long and narrow, 3.5 mm long, just under 1.0 mm wide, convex, straight, very pale ochreous, exuviae shining apricot, with a coppery tint, 1st skin exposed, 2nd covered. Male scale similar, but smaller. Adult female orange brown, median lobes fairly large, but not produced (Cockerell, 1898e).