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Pelliculaspis celtis McDaniel, 1972 (Diaspididae: Pelliculaspis)

Pelliculaspis celtis McDaniel 1972a: 334-336. Type data: UNITED STATES: Texas, Kleberg County, Loyola Beach, along the shore of Baffin Bay, on Celtis spinosa var. pallida, 02/05/1964, by B. McDaniel. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

Systematics: Pelliculaspis celtis can be separated from other species of Pelliculaspis by the 2nd lobe not bilobulate and the continuous mammillate area that extends from just anterior of the arch of disc pores to the mouthparts. From P. durapyga, it can be further separated by the number of setae associated with the antennae there being 3 in P. durapyga, 6 in P. celtis and 4 in P. pellita (McDaniel, 1972a).
Structure: Slide-mounted adult about 0.88 mm long. Derm membranous; body elongate, 2 or 3 prepygidial segments narrower than the anterior portion of the body. Pygidium rounded, terminating into lobes, the median and second pairs of lobes. These lobes quite variable in their notching (McDaniel, 1972a).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by McDaniel (1972a).