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Pallulaspis ephedrae Ferris, 1937 (Diaspididae: Pallulaspis)

Pallulaspis ephedrae Ferris 1937: SI-83. Type data: UNITED STATES: California, Inyo County, Darwin Mesa, on Ephedra nevadensis, 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

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Systematics: Pallulaspis ephedrae is distinguishable from any similar North American species by the absence of perivulvar pores, combined with the well-separated, broad median pygidial lobes, the well-developed 2nd lobes, the unpaired marginal ducts of the pygidium, the few and scattered dorsal ducts and the absence of gland spines on the prepygidial abdominal segments (Ferris, 1937).
Structure: Female scale about 1.5 mm long, thin, white, almost transparent, with the 2nd exuviae, which occupies about half its length, showing as a brown patch, the exuviae terminal. Scale of male white, elongate, exuviae terminal (Ferris, 1937).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1937).