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

Phenacaspis ericacea Ferris 1953: 63-64. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan, An-lin-wen-chian, on Vaccinium sp. 1949, by G.F. Ferris. Holotype, female, by monotypy and original designation Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Chionaspis ericacea (Ferris, 1953); Chou 1982: 86. change of combination
Pseudaulacaspis ericacea (Ferris, 1953); Takagi 1985: 45. change of combination

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 ericacea
Chou1982: pp.82 ( ) [Key to Chinese species of Chionaspis] Key as: Chionaspis ericacea
Ferris1953: pp.63 ( Adult (F) ) [Keys to species from the vicinity of Kunming] Key as: Phenacaspis ericaceae

Systematics: P. ericacea closely resembles Phenacaspis keteleeriae (=Pseudaulacaspis momi), but the character having to do with the degree of separation of the antennae serves to separated the two species (Ferris, 1953). Tang (1986) considers it to be a junior synonym of P. cockerelli.
Structure: Slide-mounted adult female 1.75 mm long. Body fusiform, abdominal segments slightly lobed laterally. Pygidium with median lobes quite large, strongly divergent, projecting little or not at all. 2nd lobes well developed, distinctly bilobed. 3rd lobes bilobed, mesal lobe quite prominent, flattened and apically toothed, the outer lobe being merely a slight projection (Ferris, 1953).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1953).