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Protodiaspis vara Hoke, 1928 (Diaspididae: Protodiaspis)

Protodiaspis varus Hoke 1928: 672-674. Type data: UNITED STATES: Mississippi, Meridian, on Quercus laurifolia, 11/06/1928, by M.L. Grimes. Holotype, female, Type depository: Mississippi State (Starkeville): Mississippi Entomological Museum, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, USA.; accepted valid name Notes: Paratype in USNM. Illustr.
Protodiaspis vara Hoke, 1928; Miller, D.R., Gimpel, M.E. & Williams, D.J. 2003: 947. emendation that is justified

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 2

Systematics: Protodiaspis varus can be separated from other species of Protodiaspis by the pygidial lobes that are represented by 2 pairs of small, almost hyaline, apically serrate processes. The gland spines are in a series from the apex of the head to about the 2nd or 3rd abdominal segment and are feebly indicated on the pygidium (McDaniel, 1973).
Structure: Female scale white, varying from 0.5-1.0 mm long, about one-third as broad, thin and fragile, very convex, 1st exuviae small, pale yellow, at anterior end of scale and of 2nd exuviae very easily rubbed off, 2nd exuviae large, covered by 1st exuviae and its attendant secretion, but usually exposed and conspicuous on old scales. Male scale about half as large as that of female, exuviae at anterior end, shiny yellow color, white, cylindrical, often flattened posteriorly after emergence of male through opening at posterior end, scale loosely constructed, some loose wooly threads often associated with it. Adult female body varying in size from 0.363-0.528 mm long, 0.21-0.36 mm broad. Pygidium with 2 pairs of lobes, short, broad, truncate, distal end apparently serrate, median pair less than the width of one lobe apart, 2nd pair deeply incised, lateral lobelet almost as large as mesal (Hoke, 1928).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1937). Description and illustration of first and second-instars by Howell & Tippins (1981a).