Valid Names Results

Parlatoria piniphila Tang, 1984 (Diaspididae: Parlatoria)

Nomenclatural History

• Parlatoria piniphila Tang 1984: 81. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan, Kunming, on Pinus sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Shanxi: Entomological Institute, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, China; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Systematics: P. piniphila is close to P. pittospori and P. cinnamomicola, but differs from them both by having peculiar prosomatic tubercles and the submedian dorsal macroducts in more rows (Tang, 1984).
• Structure: Female scale white, about 1.8 mm long, exuviae yellowish. Adult female body 1.13 mm long and 0.65 mm wide. Prosoma membranous, 3 pairs of lobes, 4th and 5th small and serrate, very like the near plates (Tang, 1984).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Tang (1984).

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