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Parlatoria vandae McKenzie, 1960 (Diaspididae: Parlatoria)

Parlatoria vandae McKenzie 1960b: 208-211. Type data: UNITED STATES: California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, on Vanda sp., 05/01/1960, by A. Beresford. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes in UCDC and USNM. Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 5

Systematics: Parlatoria vandae is very similar to P. pergandii, particularly in the character of the pygidial fringe, but it differs in having fewer dorsal submarginal macroducts on pygidium. P. vandae also appears to be host specific on Vanda, whereas accurate records of P. pergandii indicate that it has not been found on orchids and its more of a general feeder (McKenzie, 1960b).
Structure: Female scale 1.25 mm long, 0.90 mm wide, quite flat, grayish-brown with exuviae a slightly darker brown. Relatively few dorsal submarginal macroducts present, tabulated range from 12-28, with an average of 20.5 on each side. 3 pairs of normally developed pygidial lobes, plainly graduated in size from median to outer, median pair largest, distinctly notched on outer margin, slightly notched if at all on inner margin; 4th and 5th lobes represented by a definitely sclerotized asymmetrical short conical projection of body margin having usually 1 relatively large and conspicuous projecting tooth just inside its midline (McKenzie, 1960b).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by McKenzie (1960b).