Valid Names Results

Philephedra parvula (Cockerell, 1899) (Coccidae: Philephedra)

Nomenclatural History

• Pulvinaria parvula Cockerell 1899n: 19. Type data: MEXICO: Cuautla, on Mimosa sp.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (NakahaGi1985,30). Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
• Lichtensia parvula (Cockerell, 1899); Cockerell 1902j: 467. change of combination
• Lichtensia zapotlana Cockerell 1902j: 467. Type data: MEXICO: Zapotlan, Jalisco, on leguminous shrub.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (NakahaGi1985,30). Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior synonym (discovered by NakahaGi1985, 28).
• Lichtensia zapotlana townsendi Cockerell 1903a: 162. Type data: MEXICO: Ameria, Colima, on copal [=Bursera jorullensis].. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (NakahaGi1985,30). Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior synonym (discovered by NakahaGi1985, 28).
• Filippia parvula (Cockerell, 1899); Steinweden 1929: 238. change of combination
• Filippia zapotlana (Cockerell, 1902); Steinweden 1929: 238. change of combination
• Philephedra parvula (Cockerell, 1899); Nakahara & Gill 1985: 28. change of combination
• Philephedra zipolitana Gavrilov-Zimin 2023: 310. Type data: MEXICO: Oaxaca State, Pochutla Distr., hills near playa Zipolite, on the branches of an unidentified bean tree, 10/13/2021; by Gavrilov-Zimin.. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by KondoPaPe2026, 247). Notes: Paratypes. Five females on separate preparations, with the same collection data; a large series of females in acetoethanol. Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 5

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• KondoPaPe2026: pp.252 ( Adult (F) ) [Described species of Philephedra Cockerell]

Remarks

• Systematics: The synonymy of Philephedra zipolitana with Philephedra parvula (Cockerell) is based on a comparison of the description of Ph. zipolitana in Gavrilov-Zimin (2023) with that of Ph. parvula in Nakahara & Gill (1985) and a study of photomicrographs of non-type adult females of Ph. parvula deposited in the CSCA. The primary morphological difference is the presence of pores at the base of the inverted dorsal tubercles in Ph. zipolitana, but all other character states are identical. Kondo et al. (2026) observed that inverted tubercles of this species also have pores at their base, and that the shape of the surrounding cuticular pouch is variable. This makes these character states unreliable for distinguishing Ph. zipolitana as a separate species. (Kondo et al., 2026)
• Structure: Adult female. Body broadly oval, about 3 mm long in mature females, covered with loose white wax sac. Antenna 8-segmented, about 400 μm long. Legs well developed, each with a tibio-tarsal articulatory sclerosis; claw without a denticle; claw digitules enlarged, with large apical knobs. Anal ring with 10 setae; anal lobes almost triangle in shape, with group of short flagellate setae on apex of each lobe. (Gavrilov-Zimin, 2023)
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of adult female by Nakahara & Gill (1985).

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