Valid Names Results

Neoprimaspis tippinsi (Howell, 1995) (Diaspididae: Neoprimaspis)

Primaspis tippinsi Howell 1995: 203-206. Type data: UNITED STATES: New Mexico, 1 mile above school in Gullmas Canyon, N.W. of Las Vegas, on unidentified grass, 13/07/1947, by G. F. Ferris. Holotype, female and first instar, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Notes: This may be the first time in the Coccoidea that the holotype is a first instar (Howell 1995) thus the name "prima" meaning first. Four first instar and 2 adult female paratypes also in USNM. Illustr.
Neoprimaspis tippinsi (Howell, 1995); Meng & Xing 2022: 299. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: The presence of gland spines on the pygidial margin, well-defined median lobes, and a bilobed second lobe on adult females are characters that separate Primaspis tippinsi from similarly appearing species of Rugaspidiotus and Rugaspidiotinus (Howell 1995). But it is the first instars that have the greatest morphological difference. In R. tippinsi the antennae are 6-segmented, there is no row of ventral submedian abdominal setae, and no elongate seta on the tarsi.
General Remarks: Detailed descriptions and illustrations of the adult female and first instar are provided by Howell (1995).