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Protodiaspis pulchra Ferris, 1920 (Diaspididae: Protodiaspis)

Protodiaspis pulchra Ferris 1920: 31-32. Type data: UNITED STATES: Arizona, Chiricahua Mountains, Pedestal Rock, on Quercus toumeyi. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 2

Systematics: Except for the absence of pygidial lobes, this species is most like P. varus Hoke (Ferris, 1937).
Structure: Female scale white, circular, quite highly convex. Adult female 0.5 mm long, form slightly elongate oval or somewhat irregular; cephalothorax and pygidium tending to be quite heavily chitinized. Pygidium somewhat acuminate, the tip narrowly rounded. Two pairs of lobes present, the inner pair quite close together and widely separated from the outer pair. Outer lobes composed of 2 lobules, of which the outer is smaller (Ferris, 1920).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1937).