Valid Names Results

Pseudoparlatoria occultata (Hempel, 1937) (Diaspididae: Pseudoparlatoria)

Nomenclatural History

• Diaspis occultata Hempel 1937: 28-29. Type data: BRAZIL: São Paulo, on undetermined host, ?/10/1936, by J.P. Fonseca. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sao Paulo: Instituto Biologico de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name
• Pseudoparlatoria occultata (Hempel, 1937); Lepage & Giannotti 1943: 334. change of combination Illustr.
• Pseudoparlatorea occultata; Lindinger 1957: 548. misspelling of genus name

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Wolff2008: pp.292-293 ( Adult (F) ) [Chave para identificação das espécies de Pseudoparlatoria, baseada nos caracteres de fêmeas adultas. (A key to species of Pseudoparlatoria, based on the characters of adult females)]

Remarks

• Systematics: Pseudoparlatoria occultata somewhat resembles Diaspis visci (Hempel, 1937).
• Structure: Female scale more or less circular, white. Adult female brown and cordiform. Pygidium with 2 pairs of lobes, lateral margins slightly chitinized and serrated (Hempel, 1937).
• General Remarks: Detailed description by Hempel (1937).

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