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Protodiaspis lobata Ferris, 1920 (Diaspididae: Protodiaspis)

Protodiaspis lobata Ferris 1920: 31. Type data: UNITED STATES: New Mexico, 4 miles east of Santa Fe, on Quercus gambelii. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Obluctaspis lobata (Ferris, 1920); MacGillivray 1921: 361. change of combination Notes: Ferris (1921b) synonymized Obluctaspis with Protodiaspis reinstating the combination Protodiaspis lobata.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Protodiaspis lobata is characterized by the pygidium having 2 pairs of lobes which are distinguished by their stronger sclerotization. The gland spines are in a continuous series from the pygidium to the head (McDaniel, 1973).
Structure: Female scale occurring in cracks of host bark, sometimes rather fluffy. Adult female ovoid, derm membranous throughout, pygidium having merely a faint sclerotization about the anal opening and in small, irregular areas. 2 pairs of pygidial lobes present, these quite weakly developed and irregular (Ferris, 1937).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Ferris (1937).