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Niveaspis fenestrata Ferris, 1941 (Diaspididae: Niveaspis)

Niveaspis fenestrata Ferris 1941d: SIII-304. Type data: MEXICO: Colima, Tonila, on Bumelia sp., 1926, by G.F. Ferris. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Syntype in University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: N. fenestrata is closest to N. vulcania, but differs most conspicuously in the heavy sclerotization of the body, the slighter lobing of the prepygidial abdominal segments, the more acute pygidium and the more prominent median pygidial lobes (Ferris, 1941d).
Structure: Female scale quite thick, lacking the silvery sheen of some species in this genus. Male scale similar to that of female, but rather slender. Slide-mounted adult female 2.3 mm long. Derm very heavily sclerotized over entire prosomatic region at full maturity. Pygidium relatively rather large and slightly acute. Median lobes quite large and prominent (Ferris, 1941d).
Biology: Niveaspis fenestrata was collected at an altitude of 7000 feet (Ferris, 1941d).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1941d).