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Porogymnaspis Green, 1916 (Diaspididae)

Porogymnaspis Green 1916e: 55. Type species: Porogymnaspis rufa Green by subsequent designation Ferris1936a:23 . accepted valid name
Pyrogymnaspis Ramakrishna Ayyar 1919b: 99;. . misspelling of genus name
Porogmymnaspis MacGillivray 1921: 254;. . misspelling of genus name

Systematics: Porogymnaspis is associated with Gymnaspis, Parlatoria and Leucaspis, but is probably most closely related to Leucaspis. It differs from Gymnaspis in the presence of circumgential pores. It can be told from Parlatoria by the enlarged naked nymphal exuviae which completely encloses the adult insect and in the absence of semilunar marginal pores on the adult female. It can be told from Leucaspis by the total absence of any secretionary covering or appendix to the female scale (Green, 1916e). Lindinger (1931a) erroneously considered Porogymnaspis to be a junior synonym of Cryptoparlatorea (=Cryptoparlatoria) and incorrectly gives the author of the genus as Bellio 1929. Lindinger (1934) places Porogymnaspis as a junior synonym of Apteronidia.
Structure: Female scale cover consisting of the enlarged nymphal exuviae, with or without a superimposed larval exuviae, but without any secretionary appendix or covering. Male scale cover with an oval or oblong secretionary appendix, with the larval exuviae situated at the anterior margin. Adult female entirely enclosed within the nymphal exuviae. Pygidium with circumgenital pores, posterior margin with small lobes and cuspidate marginal processes (Green, 1916e).
General Remarks: Best descriptions by Green (1916e) and Ferris (1937a).