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Pseudaulacaspis mirabilis Hu, 1986 (Diaspididae: Pseudaulacaspis)

Pseudaulacaspis mirabilis Hu 1986: 219. Type data: CHINA: Hainan, Guangdong, on Mirabilis sp., 13/05/1984. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Shanghai: Shanghai Institute of Entomology, China; accepted valid name

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

WeiFe2012a: pp.13 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of the genus Pseudaulacaspis]

Systematics: Pseudaulacaspis mirabilis is close to P. hwangyensis (=Rutherfordia major), from which it is distinguished by 3 pairs pygidial lobes, by the perivulvar pores in 6 groups, by dorsal ducts present at the 6th segment and with dermal pockets (Hu, 1986).
Structure: Adult female body almost round, 1.16 mm long, 1st abdominal segment broadest. Median lobes large, projecting, with a sclertized area at base. 2nd lobes small, not bilobulate. 3rd lobes small, bilobulate. Dorsal ducts present on metathorax and 1st to 6th abdominal segments (Hu, 1986).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Hu (1986).