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Pseudoparlatoria serrulata Townsend & Cockerell, 1898 (Diaspididae: Pseudoparlatoria)

Nomenclatural History

• Pseudoparlatoria serrulata Townsend & Cockerell 1898: 180. Type data: MEXICO: Sonora, Hermosillo, on undetermined tree, 23/04/1897, by Koebele. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
• Pseudoparlatoria parlatorioides; Ferris 1937: SI-117. misidentification (discovered by Ferris1942, SIV-421).

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 12 | Genera: 13

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)]
• Ferris1942: pp.SIV-446:62 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Pseudoparlatoria]
• MacGil1921: pp.314 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Carulaspis] Key as: Carulaspis serrulata

Remarks

• Systematics: Distinguishable by the minutely serrulate character of the lobes (Townsend & Cockerell, 1898).
• Structure: Female scale moderately convex, quite thin and papery, slightly wrinkled, white or gray, exuviae submarginal. Male scale similar to female in color and texture, flat and oval, exuviae terminal. Adult female 0.9 mm long. Pygidium with the median lobes quite small, in some specimens very inconspicuous, widely separated and with the usual bifurcate gland spine between. 2nd and 3rd lobes slightly serrate and slightly sclerotized (Ferris, 1942).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1942).

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