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Mancaspis lunata Ferris, 1941 (Diaspididae: Mancaspis)

Mancaspis lunata Ferris 1941d: SIII-294. Type data: PANAMA: Chiriqui Province, on Enterolobium cyclocarpum, 1938, by G.F. Ferris. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Mancaspis lunata is unique in the size and form of the dorsal lunate folds of the pygidium and in the extent and markings of the ventral median sclerotized region of the pygidium (Ferris, 1941d).
Structure: The small, white secretionary scale and exuviae cover only the attenuated posterior end of the adult female. Slide mounted adult female about 1.4 mm long, roughly pyriform, expanded prosomatic region being somewhat variable in shape to conform to its surroundings. Derm very heavily sclerotized and pigmented throughout, except for the 2 prepygidial abdominal segments (Ferris, 1941d).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1941d).