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Parlatoria ghanii Hall & Williams, 1962 (Diaspididae: Parlatoria)

Parlatoria ghanii Hall & Williams 1962: 32-33. Type data: PAKISTAN: Rawalpindi, on Acacia modesta, 09/01/1961. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Notes: 5 paratypes with same data as holotype, also in BMNH. Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Families: 3 | Genera: 3

Countries: 2

Systematics: Parlatoria ghanii is close to P. fluggeae and P. pittospori. From P. fluggeae it differs in the shape of the pygidial lobes, the very much fewer pores associated with the anterior spiracles and in lacking the rows of intermediate dorsal macroducts on the 3rd and 4th abdominal segments. From P. pittospori it differs in the shape of the pygidial lobes, the nature of the plates anterior to the 3rd lobes and the comparative absence of tubular ducts on the 1st abdominal and 2nd thoracic segments (Hall & Williams, 1962).
Structure: Female scale white, broadly ovate with large pale brown exuviae, covered with a film of white secretion, 1.1 mm long, 0.9 mm wide. Male scale similar to female, but smaller and elongate. Adult female broadly ovate, about 0.75 mm long and 0.65 mm wide. Anterior spiracle with 1-5 pores. Pygidium with 3 pairs of well developed flatly rounded lobes, median pair set close to each other with a macroduct between and once notched on their outer margins, 2nd and 3rd lobes of similar shape, but successively smaller (Hall & Williams, 1962).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Hall & Williams (1962).