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Mitraspis heresiarcha Ferris, 1941 (Diaspididae: Mitraspis)

Mitraspis heresiarcha Ferris 1941d: SIII-297. Type data: PANAMA: Chiriqui Province, near Boquete, on undetermined tree, 1938, by G.F. Ferris. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Countries: 1

Systematics: The extraordinary modification of the marginal pygidial macroducts is something that occurs in no other species of Diaspididae, although in other respects Mitraspis heresiarcha is quite an ordinary member of the Diaspidini (Ferris, 1941d).
Structure: Female scale very elongate and slender, pure silvery white, terminal exuviae being yellow. Male scale similar. Slide mounted adult female 1.75 mm long. At full maturity derm entirely membranous except for pygidium (Ferris, 1941d).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1941d).