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Pseudaulacaspis centreesa (Ferris, 1953) (Diaspididae: Pseudaulacaspis)

Phenacaspis centreesa Ferris 1953: 63. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan Province, An-lin-wen-chian, near Kunming, on Myrsine sp., 04/27/1949, by G.F. Ferris. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Pseudaulacaspis centreesa (Ferris, 1953); Takagi 1985: 44. change of combination
Pseudaulacaspis centresa (Ferris, 1953); Wu 2001b: 257. misspelling of species epithet

Families: 4 | Genera: 5

Countries: 1

WeiFe2012a: pp.13-16 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of the genus Pseudaulacaspis]
Chen1983: pp.65 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of Phenacaspis] Key as: Phenacaspis centreesa
Chou1982: pp.82 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of Chionaspis] Key as: Chionaspis centreesa
Ferris1953: pp.62 ( Adult (F) ) [Keys to species from the vicinity of Kunming] Key as: Phenacaspis centreesa

Systematics: The most distinctive character of Pseudaulacaspis centreesa is the area of minute, sclerotized points on the ventral side of the body (Ferris, 1953).
Structure: Slide-mounted adult female 2.0 mm long, body rather slender, expanding from the head to the posterior margin of the apparent 1st abdominal segment, then beginning to constrict to the rather short and apically rounded pygidium, with the lateral margins of the abdominal segments quite strongly lobed. Median lobes quite small, strongly divergent, not projecting apically. 2nd lobes well developed, distinctly bilobed. 3rd lobes represented by a low, apically notched prominence (Ferris, 1953).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1953).