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Niveaspis tecta Ferris, 1941 (Diaspididae: Niveaspis)

Niveaspis tecta Ferris 1941d: SIII-306. Type data: PANAMA: Chiriqui, Boquete, on Xylosma sp., 1938, by G.F. Ferris. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Niveaspis tecta lacks most of the distinctive characters of Niveaspis, such as the regular notching of the pygidial margin with the accompanying regular and step-like arrangement of the marginal macroducts, the lyriform arrangement of the ventral pygidial sclerotized area and the tubercle or sclerotization between the antennal bases. However, there is a suggestion of the last mentioned character in the fold at the base of each antenna and the general body form is suggestive of Niveaspis. It may be referred to this genus for the present (Ferris, 1941d).
Structure: Scales so obscured by associated fungus as to be almost unrecognizable. Slide-mounted adult female 1.3 mm long. Derm membranous except for the pygidium, the anterior portion marked by very delicate transverse striations which in a shrunken specimen cause a slight appearance of sclerotization. Body elongate and slender (Ferris, 1941d).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1941d).