Valid Names Results

Protodiaspis chichi McKenzie & Nelson-Rees, 1962 (Diaspididae: Protodiaspis)

Protodiaspis chichi McKenzie & Nelson-Rees 1962: 134-136. Type data: GUATEMALA: Sololá Province, between Santo Tomás Chichicastenango and the Inter-American Highway, on Quercus crassifolia, 24/07/1960, by W.A. Nelson-Rees & S.W. Brown. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Protodiaspis chichi is extremely similar to P. infidelis. The only reliable external morphological difference is the nature of the apical serrations of the pygidial lobes. These are jagged and uneven in P. chichi, but much less deeply incised and more regular in P. infidelis, especially when there are more than 2 teeth (McKenzie & Nelson-Rees, 1962).
Structure: Slide-mounted adult female 0.6 mm long, ovoid. Derm membranous except for area on dorsum of pygidium from anus to posterior margin. Sclerotized area wedge-shaped, median dorsal with apex at anus and extending toward posterior margin. Pygidial lobes various, usually 3, but 2nd and 3rd often divided (McKenzie & Nelson-Rees, 1962).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by McKenzie & Nelson-Rees (1962).