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Parlatoria orientalis Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1919 (Diaspididae: Parlatoria)

Parlatoria (Euparlatoria) orientalis Ramakrishna Ayyar 1919a: 24. Type data: INDIA: Coimbatore, on wild shrub, ?/09/1909, by T.V. Ramakrishna Ayyar. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
Parlatoria orientalis Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1919; Rao 1953: 67-68. change of combination
Parlatoria orietnalis Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1919; Borchsenius 1966: 194. misspelling of species epithet

Countries: 1

Systematics: This species was previously attributed to Newstead since Ramakrihna Ayyar (199a) listed Newstead as the author. It is clear from this same publication that the description given by Ramakrishna Ayyar meets the criteria of the ICZN. McKenzie (1945) incorrectly refers to Parlatoria orientalis as a nomen nudum. This species is allied to P. morrisoni(=P. crypta), but can be separated from it by the larger number of dorsal ducts on the pygidium, 5 groups of circumgenital pores, the better defined 4th and 5th lobes and the presence of a group of 4 submedian dorsal ducts in the 2 abdominal segments immediately in front of the pygidium (Rao, 1953).
Structure: Female scale dirty white, 1st and 2nd exuviae dark to black in color, with whitish wax secretion on top, 1.50-1.75 mm long, 0.75 mm wide. Male scale white, exuviae brownish yellow, 0.75 mm long. Adult female almost circular, with a notch on each side anteriorly between the prosoma and the rest of the body. Anterior spiracle with 2 parastigmatic pores. Pygidium with 5 pairs of lobes; median lobe largest, with a notch on each side; 2nd smaller with a single notch on the outer side; 3rd lobe smaller than 2nd, all rounded apically (Rao, 1953).
General Remarks: Detailed description by Rao (1953).