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Lepidosaphes sciadopitysi McKenzie, 1955 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Nomenclatural History

• Lepidosaphes sciadopitysi McKenzie 1955: 188-190. Type data: UNITED STATES: Connecticut, Greenwich, on Sciadopitys verticillata, 10/11/1908, by C.T. Hatling. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Insulaspis sciadopitysi (McKenzie, 1955); Borchsenius 1963: 32, 125. change of combination

Common Names

• umbrella pine lepidosaphes Koszta1996

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MillerWiDa2006: pp.35-37 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to conifer infesting species of Lepidosaphes]
• Gill1997: pp.168 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to California species of Lepidosaphes]
• Koszta1996: pp.517 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Northeastern North American Lepidosaphes]
• Willia1971: pp.449 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Insulaspis on Coniferae]
• McKenz1956: pp.32 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes]

Remarks

• Systematics: Lepidosaphes sciadopitysi and L. pallida are indistinguishable externally on host. Microscopically, L. sciadopitysi differs from the latter chiefly in the presence of 3 sets of lateral abdominal spurs, these lacking in L. pallida and a two-spined antenna as compared to only one-spined in L. pallida (McKenzie, 1955).
• Structure: Female scale quite slender, about 1.40 mm long, brownish, exuviae terminal; male scale smaller, similar in color, exuviae terminal (McKenzie, 1956).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by McKenzie (1955). Table of taxanomic characters distinguishing conifer infesting species in Miller, Williams & Davidson (2006).

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