Valid Names Results

Prodigiaspis Ferris, 1941 (Diaspididae)

Nomenclatural History

• Prodigiaspis Ferris 1941d: SIII-312. Type species: Prodigiaspis septunx Ferris by monotypy and original designation . accepted valid name

Remarks

• Systematics: Subfamily DIASPIDINAE Tribe LEPIDOSAPHIDINI (Normark, et al., 2019)
• Structure: Female scale white, elongate, exuviae at one end with thick ventral scale. 2nd exuviae heavily sclerotized both dorsally and ventrally and dehisces about the margin. Adult female elongate oval, derm at maturity remaining membranous except for the pygidium and the lateral margins of 2 or 3 prepygidial abdominal segments. Median pygidial lobes not yoked at base; 2nd and 3rd lobes mere low rounded prominences (Ferris, 1941d).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1941d).

Keys

• Ferris1942: pp.43 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to genera in the tribe Diaspidini]

Associated References

• Ferris1941d: description, distribution, taxonomy, pp. SIII-312
• MorrisMo1966: taxonomy, pp. 161
• NormarOkMo2019: taxonomy, pp. 52
• SchneiOkNo2018: phenology, pp.

2 Species